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Appaloosa

Origins:	United States
Breed Characteristics:	Natural athletes with a great stamina.
Temperament:	Docile and Energetic
Colours:	It is best known for a distinctive spotted coat colour. Variations are snowflake, leopard, frost, marble, spotted blanket and white blanket.
Size:	14hh - 15.2hh
Uses:	Appaloosa's are used in the circus and are popular riding horses in America.

Appaloosa - A Great Equine

Depending on maturity, breed and the tasks expected, young horses are usually put under saddle and briefed to be ridden between the ages of two and four. They were once referred to by white settlers as the "Palouse equine," probably because the Palouse River ran through the heart of Nez Perce country. Some scholars believe the Spanish Conquistadors brought some vividly-marked horses with them when they first arrived in the early 1500s, others believe that the Russian fur-traders brought them at a later date. The encroachment of gold miners in the 1860s and settlers in the 1870s put pressure on the tribe to give up much of their land, and various treaties between 1855 and 1863 reduced their original treaty lands of seven million acres by 90%. In any case, the Nez Perce had a mass of spotted horses by the late 1800s when they once again came to the attention of the rest of the world. The Nez Perce tribe of the American Pacific Northwest developed the breed.

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