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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 July 2024. American horse breed noted for spotted color pattern For other uses, see Appaloosa (disambiguation). Appaloosa Appaloosa horse Country of origin United States Traits Distinguishing features Most representatives have colorful spotted coat patterns, striped hooves, mottled skin, and white ...
A black tobiano Spotted Saddle Horse.. The Spotted Saddle Horse developed from small gaited pinto ponies of Spanish ancestry. These were crossed with larger American breeds such as the Morgan and Standardbred, developed after the American Revolution, to increase size while retaining coloration and the desired gait.
Spotted Horse is an unincorporated community in Campbell County, Wyoming, United States. Its current population is two. [ 2 ] The town is on U.S. routes 14 / 16 , at the head of Spotted Horse Creek, a tributary of the Powder River .
Spotted Horse and Spotted Horses may refer to: Spotted Horse, Wyoming, an unincorporated community in Campbell County; Spotted Horses, a novella written by William ...
Hack, a basic riding horse, particularly in the UK, also includes Show hack horses used in competition. Heavy warmblood, heavy carriage and riding horses, predecessors to the modern warmbloods, several old-style breeds still in existence today. Hunter, a type of jumping horse, either a show hunter or a field hunter
Later, spotted horses were among those brought to the Americas by the conquistadores. By the 17th century in Europe, spotted horses were quite fashionable, though when the fad ended, large numbers of newly unsellable horses were shipped to the Americas, some of which were sold, while others were simply turned loose to run wild. [9]
The presence of spotted horses across Europe from Iberia to Turkey is documented in manuscripts and tapestries as far back as the Middle Ages. [6]: 57 Among the many European breeds that can have a spotted coat is a strain of the Welsh Pony. [6]: 57 A document from 1298 mentions that Edward I of England had a spotted Welsh horse.
"Spotted Horses" is a novella written by William Faulkner and originally published in Scribner's magazine in 1931. It includes the character Flem Snopes , who appears in much of Faulkner's work, and tells in ambiguous terms of his backhand profiteering with an honest Texan selling untamed ponies.