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Incitato
appaloosa (historic)
barq333's Horse
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Historic Lipizzan
Research into art and the history of the horse breeds
reveals that "leopard-spotted" horses of the Appaloosa type
have been popular since ancient times. Cave paintings in
France, dated from as far back as 20,000 years ago, show
spotted horses, art from ancient China shows Appaloosa-like
horses, The Mongols prized them as war horses, and in
ancient Persia leopard-spotted horses were revered as the
horses of the great Persian hero Rustan.
The renowned Lipizzaner Horses of Europe were often spotted
in the early years, and spots and mottled skin, two of the
Appaloosa horse characteristics, are still often seen in
Lipizzaners.
Grey became all the rage, and blacks, and boring bays. Horses began to be bred for a lack of color, as those loud horses dropped in value and as many good horsemen knew, there's nothing to cover up loud patterns like grey!
