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The Mustang Horse
The mustang horse is a very wellknown horse that is held by many people as a living symbol of the influential and pioneer enthusiasm of the Wild west.
But Mustangs are often known as 'wild' horses, the more accurate phrase is 'feral' horses as most free-roaming horses present in The u.s. are descended from horses that were first domestic horses shipped to Mexico and the u.s. by the early settlers.
Mostly, these imported horses were of Andalusian or Arabian origins, although they also included a wide variety of colors and many breeds.
A good number of these great horses got loose or were taken by native americans, and rapidly spread all through the whole country.
The Appaloosa
Appaloosas naturally have a mottled coat, pale sclera (the part of the eye next to the cornea) and striped hooves.
The history of this distinctive horse is not fully recognized. There is some proof that mottled horses were established in very many nations in Asia and europe, and archeologists have found cave drawings which have been dated back to 18000BC showing mottled horses that could well be be forefathers of the appaloosa we know today. It seems likely that the mottled skin was initially a form of camouflage, much as the striped pattern on a zebra.
The modern-day Appaloosa descends from horses shipped to The u.s. by spanish conquistadors. These were passed to the Nez perce indian tribe, who expertly turned them into the first-rate horses that we so admire these days.
The appaloosa was first known as the "Palouse horse", although slowly the name transformed into the modern version, "Appaloosa".
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