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The Appaloosa
Appaloosas characteristically have a mottled (or 'spotty') skin, white 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 some proof that mottled horses were established in many nations in Asia and europe, and historians have found cave drawings which have been dated to 18000BC showing spotted horses that may be forefathers of the modern appaloosa. It is quite possible that the mottled pattern was originally a form of camouflage, much as the zebra's stripes.
The contemporary Appaloosa descends from horses carried to Mexico and the u.s. by settlers. These were passed on to the Nez perce people, who expertly bred them into the marvelous horses that we so admire at the present time.
This wonderful horse was initially referred to as the "Palouse horse", but over the years its name was changed into the modern-day form, "Appaloosa".
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