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The Appaloosa
Appaloosas normally display a mottled (or 'spotty') skin, white sclera (the part of the eye close to the cornea) and striped hooves.
The background of this attractive horse is not totally known. There is plenty of proof that spotted horses were found in very many nations in 'the old world', and there are cave pictures which have been dated back to 18000BC showing mottled horses that could well be be forefathers of the modern appaloosa. It is quite possible that the mottled coat was first a type of camouflage, serving a similar purpose to the stripes on a zebra.
The present-day Appaloosa descends from horses brought to The u.s. by spanish conquistadors. These were passed on to the Nez perce indian tribe, who expertly engineered them into the superb horses that we recognize these days.
Appaloosas were initially referred to as the "Palouse horse", but over time its name was changed into the modern alternative, "Appaloosa".
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