The mustang
The mustang is a popular horse that is held by many people as a living symbol of the romantic and cowboy enthusiasm of the American wild west.
Although Mustangs are commonly referred to as 'wild' horses, the more accurate word is 'feral' horses as most so-called 'wild' horses inside America are related to horses that were initially domesticated horses shipped over to America by the settlers.
In most cases, these imported horses were of Andalusian or Arab breeding stock, but also had amongst them a wide variety of colours and many breed types.
It is believed that some of these independent horses were set free or were traded by indigenous americans, and quickly spread throughout the whole of the u.s.
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