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The Appaloosa horse
Appaloosas normally have a mottled skin, pale sclera (the part of the eye close to the cornea) and vertically striped hooves.
The background of this popular horse is not completely recognized. There is some proof that mottled horses were present in quite a few geographical regions in 'the old world', and there are cave paintings dating back to 18000BC showing spotted horses that may be forefathers of the appaloosa we know today. It is possible that the spotted coat was originally a form of camouflage, serving a similar purpose to the stripes on a zebra.
The contemporary Appaloosa descends from horses shipped to Mexico and the u.s. by settlers. These were passed to the Nez perce tribe, who proficiently turned them into the remarkable horses that we recognize these days.
The horse was first referred to as the "Palouse horse", but over the years its name changed into the modern-day rendering, "Appaloosa".
The Mustang Horse
The mustang horse is an extremely desirable horse and is revered by many as a symbolic representation of the romantic and pioneer energy of the American wild west.
But Mustangs are often referred to as 'wild' horses, the more correct phrase is 'feral' horses as almost all so-called 'wild' horses in America are descended from horses that were originally domestic horses brought to Mexico and the u.s. by the conquistadors.
Most of these foreign horses were of Spanish or Arabian breeding stock, but also had amongst them all conceivable colors and many horse lovers breeds.
Some of these independent horses were set free or were bought by indigenous americans, and soon spread through the whole of the u.s..
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