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The Appaloosa
Appaloosas classically display a mottled (or 'spotty') skin, colorless sclera (the section of the eye close to the cornea) and striped hooves.
The history of this well-loved horse is not completely recognized. There is plenty of evidence that mottled horses were being bred in a good number of nations in Asia and europe, and there are cave pictures dating back to 18000BC illustrating spotted horses that may be the origins of the modern appaloosa. It is quite likely that the spotted pattern was first a form of camouflage, similar to the zebra's stripes.
The modern Appaloosa descends from horses shipped over to The usa by conquistadors. These were somehow acquired by the Nez perce tribe, who adeptly engineered them into the incredible horses that we so admire right now.
This wonderful horse was originally known as the "Palouse horse", although over the years the name has changed into the modern adaptation, "Appaloosa".
The Mustang Horse
The mustang is an extremely well-known horse and due to its unique place in history, is revered by many americans as a live symbol of the historic and cowboy energy of the American wild west.
Although Mustangs are often known as 'wild' horses, the more accurate expression is 'feral' horses as most free-roaming horses present in America are descended from horses that were originally domestic animals brought to Mexico and the u.s. by the settlers.
The majority of these imported horses were of European or Arabian stock, although they also had amongst them all conceivable colors and many types and breeds.
Clearly, some of these independent horses escaped or were stolen by indigenous peoples, and quickly spread throughout the whole country.
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