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The Mustang Horse
The mustang horse is an extremely popular horse and due to its unique place in history, is recognized by many as a living symbol of the romantic and pioneer energy of the Old wild west.
But Mustangs are often referred to as 'wild' horses, the more accurate word is 'feral' horses as all so-called 'wild' horses living in America are descended from horses that were initially domestic horses shipped to Mexico and the u.s. by the conquistadors.
In most cases, these early horses were of European or Arab stock, although they also had amongst them a wide range of colours and many americans breed types.
Some of these brave horses escaped or were stolen by the indigenous tribes, and swiftly spread all through the whole of america.
The Appaloosa horse
Appaloosas usually have a mottled (or 'spotty') skin, white sclera (the part of the eye next to the cornea) and vertically striped hooves.
The story of this unusual horse is not totally recognized. There is plenty of evidence that spotted horses were found in quite a few nation-states in Asia and europe, and historians have found cave pictures which are as old as to 18000BC showing spotty horses that might be forefathers of the horse we know today. It is possible that the mottled coat was originally a form of camouflage, similar to the zebra's stripes.
The modern Appaloosa descends from horses brought to The u.s. by early colonists. These were passed on to the Indigenous people known as the 'nez perce', who adeptly bred them into the excellent horses that we know and love right now.
This wonderful horse was originally referred to as the "Palouse horse", although slowly the name was changed into the modern-day rendering, "Appaloosa".
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