The AraAppaloosa is a cross between the Appaloosa and the Arabian. In 1938 the founder of the Appaloosa Horse Club, Claude Thompson, began this crossbreeding because he felt it was the only way to develop the true Appaloosa. The Arabian blood was the only outcross that was allowed with the Appaloosa at the time. The AraAppaloosa and Foundation Breeder's International believe that the Arabian and Appaloosa have a lot in common and date back many centuries. The early types of Arabian horses from the Middle Eastern and Egyptian art are shown as parti-colored. The AraAppaloosa is a fine Appaloosa of quality, soundness, endurance, grace, ability and great color. The AraAppaloosa combines the color, character, and good spirit of the Appaloosa with the distinguished bloodlines and color patterns of the Arabian.