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The Appaloosa horse
Appaloosas commonly have a leopard spotted coat, pale sclera (the part of the eye close to the cornea) and vertically striped hooves.
The breed background of this distinctive horse is not totally recognized. There is evidence that spotted horses were found in quite a few nations in Asia and europe, and historians have found cave pictures which are as old as to 18000BC clearly showing spotted horses that may be forefathers of the modern appaloosa. It is quite likely that the mottled pattern was first a type of camouflage, serving a similar purpose to the striped pattern on a zebra.
The contemporary Appaloosa descends from horses shipped over to America by colonists. These were passed on to the Nez perce indian tribe, who adeptly turned them into the wonderful horses that we love nowadays.
This wonderful horse was first referred to as the "Palouse horse", although over the years the name has changed into the contemporary interpretation, "Appaloosa".
The mustang
The mustang horse is an extremely well-known horse and is seen by many people as a living and breathing symbol of the influential and adventurous spirit of the American wild west.
Although Mustangs are ordinarily called 'wild' horses, the more correct word is 'feral' horses as almost all free-roaming horses inside America are bred from horses that were first domestic horses shipped to America by the early colonists.
In most cases, these early horses were of Andalusian or Arabian breeding stock, although they also included all combinations of colors and many americans types and breeds.
It is believed that some of these independent and clever horses escaped or were traded by the indigenous tribes, and quickly spread through the whole of america
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