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The Appaloosa horse
Appaloosas typically have a leopard spotted coat, pale sclera (the part of the eye next to the cornea) and vertically striped hooves.
The history of this well-loved horse is not completely recognized. There is plenty of proof that mottled horses were present in a good number of nations in Europe, and we know of cave drawings which are as old as to 18000BC illustrating spotty horses that could well be be related to the modern appaloosa. It is possible that the mottled coat was first a form of camouflage, similar to the striped pattern on a zebra.
The contemporary Appaloosa is descended from horses carried to Mexico and the u.s. by settlers. These got into the hands of the Indigenous people known as the 'nez perce', who expertly bred them into the excellent horses that we recognize these days.
This wonderful horse was in the first instance known as the "Palouse horse", even though bit by bit the name has changed into the modern-day interpretation, "Appaloosa".
The mustang
The mustang horse is an extremely wellknown horse and due to its unique place in history, is held by many horse lovers as a living and breathing symbol of the influential and adventurous enthusiasm of the American wild west.
Although Mustangs are most often referred to as 'wild' horses, the more accurate expression is 'feral' horses as most free-roaming horses inside Mexico and the u.s. are related to horses that were by origin domestic horses brought to Mexico and the u.s. by the early settlers.
Almost all of these imported horses were of European or Arabian stock, although they also included all combinations of colors and many breeds.
It is thought that some of these sturdy horses escaped captivity or were acquired by local aboriginals, and swiftly spread right through the whole country
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