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The Appaloosa
Appaloosas usually have a leopard spotted coat, colorless sclera (the part of the eye around the cornea) and striped hooves.
The history of this attractive horse is not totally understood. There is evidence that mottled horses were present in a good number of countries in Asia, and historians have found cave paintings which have been dated back to 18000BC showing spotty horses that could well be be forefathers of the horse we know today. It seems likely that the mottled coat was initially a form of camouflage, serving a similar purpose to the striped pattern on a zebra.
The modern-day Appaloosa is descended from horses shipped over to America by settlers. These were passed on to the Nez perce indian tribe, who expertly engineered them into the amazing horses that we know at the present time.
This wonderful horse was first known as the "Palouse horse", but slowly the name transformed into the modern-day version, "Appaloosa".
The Mustang Horse
The mustang is a renowned horse which is seen by many horse lovers as a live symbol of the historic and adventurous excitement of the Old wild west.
But Mustangs are usually referred to as 'wild' horses, the more correct phrase is 'feral' horses as all so-called 'wild' horses inside The usa are descended from horses that were initially domesticated animals brought to Mexico and the u.s. by the conquistadors.
Most of these imported horses were of Andalusian or Arabian breeding stock, although they also included all combinations of colors and many people types and breeds.
A few of these independent and brave horses escaped or were bought by the indigenous tribes, and soon spread all through the whole of america.
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