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The Appaloosa
Appaloosas typically have a mottled skin, pale sclera (the part of the eye close to the cornea) and striped hooves.
The background of this distinctive horse is not totally known. There is some proof that spotted horses were found in quite a few countries in Asia and europe, and archeologists have found cave drawings which have been dated back to 18000BC clearly showing spotty horses that may be forefathers of the appaloosa we know today. It seems likely that the spotted skin was initially a form of camouflage, similar to the zebra's stripes.
The present-day Appaloosa is descended from horses shipped to Mexico and the u.s. by settlers. These were passed to the Nez perce tribe, who masterfully turned them into the tremendous horses that we so admire nowadays.
This wonderful horse was first called the "Palouse horse", even though slowly its name has changed into the modern version, "Appaloosa".
The mustang horse
The mustang horse is a very wellknown horse and is revered by many americans as a living symbol of the influential and cowboy spirit of the Old wild west.
Although Mustangs are most often known as 'wild' horses, the more correct name is 'feral' horses as almost all so-called 'wild' horses inside Mexico and the u.s. are bred from horses that were by origin domestic horses shipped over to The usa by the conquistadors.
Most of these imported horses were of European or Arabian stock, but included all possible colours and many people breeds and types.
Some of these sturdy horses escaped or were bought by indigenous peoples, and soon spread right through the whole of america
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