Home Horses for Sale Horse Breeds Advertise Contact Us

User Login Email: Password:    » Forgot Password?  » New Member Sign Up Visitors Online: Today's Visits: Yesterday's Visits: Horses Menu Home Horses For Sale Welcome to Appaloosa ! You are here: Terrific-Horses.com > Horse Breeds > Appaloosa Book Search: Appaloosa Description The Appaloosa is the American adaptation of a unique and well-liked spotted horse breed in the USA. The spotted horse can be seen depicted in the cave art of the Cro-Magnon man drawn as long as 20,000 years ago. Spotted horses were known under a multitude of different names and were highly esteemed throughout Europe and Asia. The Nez Perce Indians living in the northeast of Oregon in the eighteenth century created the American Appaloosa. The Nez Perce Indians were skillful horse breeders and developed this breed from a foundation of Spanish stock imported by the conquistadors some carrying the spotting gene. The results of the selective breeding were a unique, useful, workhorse that was spotted. During the seizure of tribal lands by the US troops in 1876 the horses were almost wiped out. The breed was revitalized in 1938 when the Appaloosa Horse Club was formed in Moscow, Idaho. Google Ads

Horses | Dogs | Cats © Copyright 2004 JCOM Designs Web Design Company