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The Mustang Horse
The mustang is a very well known horse that is acknowledged by many as a living and breathing symbol of the influential and pioneer energy of the American wild west.
Although Mustangs are usually known as 'wild' horses, the more correct word is 'feral' horses as all free-roaming horses established in The u.s. are bred from horses that were originally domesticated animals shipped over to The usa by the early colonists.
Almost all of these early horses were of Andalusian or Arabian breeding stock, but included all conceivable colors and many breed types.
Clearly, some of these great horses got loose or were bought by the indigenous peoples, and rapidly spread all through the whole country.
The Appaloosa
Appaloosas frequently display a mottled (or 'spotty') skin, white sclera (the part of the eye around the cornea) and vertically striped hooves.
The breed background of this popular horse is not completely understood. There is plenty of evidence that mottled horses were found in a good many nation-states in Asia and europe, and there are cave drawings dating back to 18000BC showing spotted horses that might be forefathers of the horse we know today. It seems likely that the spotted skin was first a type of camouflage, much as the stripes on a zebra.
The modern Appaloosa is descended from horses brought to The usa by early settlers. These were passed on to the Nez perce people, who masterfully turned them into the terrific horses that we so admire these days.
This wonderful horse was first known as the "Palouse horse", but over time its name has changed into the modern-day variant, "Appaloosa".
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