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The Appaloosa
Appaloosas generally show a mottled (or 'spotty') coat, pale sclera (the part of the eye close to the cornea) and striped hooves.
The background of this attractive horse is only partly understood. There is evidence that spotted horses were being bred in a good many countries in Asia and europe, and archeologists have found cave pictures which have been dated back to 18000BC clearly showing mottled horses that could well be be the origins of the horse we know today. It is very likely that the mottled pattern was first a form of camouflage, much as the zebra's stripes.
The present-day Appaloosa is descended from horses shipped over to The u.s. by spanish conquistadors. These were passed on to the Nez perce people, who proficiently turned them into the marvelous horses that we so admire right now.
The horse was originally referred to as the "Palouse horse", although over the years the name changed into the present-day version, "Appaloosa".
The Mustang Horse
The mustang is a very wellknown horse that is held by many as a live symbol of the romantic and cowboy enthusiasm of the American wild west.
Although Mustangs are usually known as 'wild' horses, the more correct name is 'feral' horses as most so-called 'wild' horses inside The u.s. are bred from horses that were first domesticated horses shipped over to America by the early settlers.
In most cases, these foreign horses were of European or Arabian stock, although they also had amongst them a wide range of colours and many people types and breeds.
Some of these independent horses escaped captivity or were traded by the indigenous tribes, and swiftly spread right through the whole country.
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