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The Appaloosa horse
Appaloosas commonly show a leopard spotted coat, white sclera (the section of the eye close to the cornea) and vertically striped hooves.
The background of this unusual horse is only partly known. There is proof that spotted horses were found in very many nation-states in Asia and europe, and there are cave drawings which are as old as to 18000BC illustrating spotted 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 type of camouflage, much as the striped pattern on a zebra.
The modern-day Appaloosa is descended from horses shipped over to Mexico and the u.s. by early colonists. These were passed on to the Nez perce people, who cleverly turned them into the amazing horses that we recognize nowadays.
The appaloosa was originally known as the "Palouse horse", although slowly its name transformed into the modern-day alternative, "Appaloosa".
The mustang
The mustang is a very popular horse which is held by many as a living and breathing symbol of the influential and cowboy enthusiasm of the Wild west.
Even though Mustangs are routinely known as 'wild' horses, the more accurate name is 'feral' horses as most so-called 'wild' horses living in The u.s. are descended from horses that were in the first instance domestic animals carried to America by the spanish conquistadors.
In most cases, these early horses were of Spanish or Arab breeding stock, but also had amongst them all possible colours and many people types and breeds.
It is believed that some of these great horses escaped or were acquired by indigenous americans, and swiftly spread through the whole of the u.s.
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