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The Appaloosa horse
Appaloosas typically have a mottled (or 'spotty') skin, white sclera (the section of the eye next to the cornea) and vertically striped hooves.
The story of this well-loved horse is only partly recognized. There is plenty of evidence that mottled horses were found in quite a few countries in Asia, and there are cave pictures dating back to 18000BC illustrating mottled horses that might be forefathers of the modern appaloosa. It is very likely that the spotted coat was by origin a type of camouflage, similar to the stripes on a zebra.
The contemporary Appaloosa is descended from horses shipped to Mexico and the u.s. by conquistadors. These were passed to the Nez perce indian tribe, who masterfully turned them into the wonderful horses that we love at the present time.
This wonderful horse was initially referred to as the "Palouse horse", although slowly the name has changed into the present-day rendering, "Appaloosa".
The mustang horse
The mustang is a popular horse that is held by many as a symbolic representation of the influential and pioneer enthusiasm of the American wild west.
Even though Mustangs are oftentimes called 'wild' horses, the more appropriate term is 'feral' horses as almost all free-roaming horses established in Mexico and the u.s. are related to horses that were first domesticated animals brought to The u.s. by the spanish conquistadors.
In most cases, these imported horses were of European or Arabian breeding stock, but also included all conceivable colours and many people types and breeds.
Clearly, some of these brave horses got loose or were bought by local aboriginals, and swiftly spread through the whole of america
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