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The Appaloosa
Appaloosas usually have a mottled (or 'spotty') coat, white sclera (the bit of the eye next to the cornea) and vertically striped hooves.
The background of this unusual horse is not totally understood. There is evidence that mottled horses were being bred in quite a few nation-states in 'the old world', and there are cave paintings dating back to 18000BC showing spotted horses that could well be be forefathers of the horse we know today. It is quite likely that the mottled pattern was originally a type of camouflage, serving a similar purpose to the zebra's stripes.
The modern Appaloosa is descended from horses brought to America by settlers. These were somehow acquired by the Nez perce indian tribe, who skillfully engineered them into the terrific horses that we so admire these days.
The horse was first known as the "Palouse horse", although over the years its name has changed into the modern rendering, "Appaloosa".
The Mustang Horse
The mustang horse is an extremely well-known horse and is held by many as a living and breathing symbol of the romantic and adventurous energy of the American wild west.
But Mustangs are usually known as 'wild' horses, the more accurate expression is 'feral' horses as most free-roaming horses inside The usa are descended from horses that were originally domesticated horses shipped over to America by the spanish conquistadors.
Most of these foreign horses were of Spanish or Arab breeding stock, although they also included a wide variety of colors and many horse lovers breeds and types.
Some of these great horses went wild or were taken by the indigenous inhabitants, and swiftly spread throughout the whole of america.
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