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The Mustang Horse
The mustang is an extremely popular horse which is recognized by many horse lovers as a living and breathing symbol of the historic and pioneer spirit of the Wild west.
Although Mustangs are usually known as 'wild' horses, the more appropriate phrase is 'feral' horses as all free-roaming horses living in Mexico and the u.s. are descended from horses that were initially domestic animals carried to America by the early colonists.
Most of these foreign horses were of European or Arab breeding stock, although they also had amongst them a wide range of colors and many americans breeds and types.
Some of these great horses went wild or were bought by aboriginal americans, and swiftly spread throughout the whole of the u.s..
The Appaloosa horse
Appaloosas typically have a leopard spotted skin, white sclera (the bit of the eye next to the cornea) and striped hooves.
The story of this well-loved horse is not completely recognized. There is plenty of evidence that mottled horses were found in very many nations in Asia, and we know of cave paintings which have been dated back to 18000BC clearly showing spotty horses that may be forefathers of the appaloosa we know today. It is quite likely that the spotted pattern was originally a form of camouflage, similar to the zebra's stripes.
The modern-day Appaloosa descends from horses brought to America by early settlers. These were acquired by the Nez perce tribe, who adeptly turned them into the tremendous horses that we know and love today.
The horse was first called the "Palouse horse", but over time the name changed into the present-day interpretation, "Appaloosa".
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