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The Appaloosa horse
Appaloosas commonly show a leopard spotted skin, pale sclera (the bit of the eye next to the cornea) and vertically striped hooves.
The breed background of this distinctive horse is not completely known. There is evidence that mottled horses were being bred in very many nations in Europe, and there are cave paintings which are as old as to 18000BC illustrating mottled horses that could well be be related to the modern appaloosa. It is very likely that the mottled coat was originally a form of camouflage, similar to the striped pattern on a zebra.
The contemporary Appaloosa is descended from horses brought to The usa by early colonists. These got into the hands of the Nez perce people, who masterfully bred them into the superb horses that we love at the present time.
This fine horse was first called the "Palouse horse", although slowly the name transformed into the contemporary interpretation, "Appaloosa".
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