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The Mustang Horse
The mustang horse is a very well known horse which is recognized by many as a live symbol of the romantic and adventurous enthusiasm of the Old wild west.
Although Mustangs are usually called 'wild' horses, the more accurate phrase is 'feral' horses as most so-called 'wild' horses living in The usa are bred from horses that were initially domesticated animals shipped over to Mexico and the u.s. by the early colonists.
Mostly, these foreign horses were of Spanish or Arabian breeding stock, but also had amongst them all combinations of colors and many horse lovers breeds.
It is believed that some of these great horses escaped or were bought by indigenous peoples, and quickly spread all through the whole country.
The Appaloosa horse
Appaloosas naturally show a mottled coat, colorless sclera (the section of the eye close to the cornea) and striped hooves.
The breed background of this unusual horse is not totally known. There is some evidence that mottled horses were being bred in quite a few geographical regions in Asia and europe, and we know of cave pictures which are as old as to 18000BC clearly showing spotty horses that could well be be the origins of the appaloosa we know today. It is quite likely that the spotted coat was first a form of camouflage, much as the zebra's stripes.
The present-day Appaloosa descends from horses shipped to The usa by conquistadors. These got into the hands of the Nez perce indian tribe, who masterfully turned them into the wonderful horses that we so admire right now.
The appaloosa was first referred to as the "Palouse horse", although bit by bit its name transformed into the present-day form, "Appaloosa".
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