Quite noticeable, having an unusual color and easily recognizable by cute funny spots, appaloosa horses are known for their amazing beauty and excellent versatile abilities. They can be seen in many equestrian competitions, and not only.
From this article, you can learn almost everything about a horse. Breeds of horses (appaloosa is no exception) do not appear in a short time. If only because the foal is born in the mare about once a year. The breed has a long history. We are telling about the suit, features, use. This wonderful horse, thanks to its unusually beautiful color, good disposition, magnificent abilities and talents, is increasingly winning the hearts of many lovers.
Horses (breed of appaloosa): description, features
This type of horse is unique in its unusually colorful color. In addition, they are very playful, demonstrate the class in the competitions of the highest level: dressage, games, show jumping, rodeo and horse racing. They are also used for relaxing family walks, as they have a surprisingly flexible character.
Extraordinarily obedient, diligent, hardy and strong appulses.
This horse has four recognizable characteristics: the color of the forehead, spotted skin, striped hooves and a white sclera (this is the area around the eyes that covers the entire eyeball, except for the colored cornea). In total, 13 major suits of such an animal as appaloosa are recognized in amateur clubs today. Riding horses with a woven exterior not only look great, but also bring good results.
Appearance
The head is large, with very expressive eyes, the ears are sharp and small. A beautiful neck, a straight back and a powerful, rounded croup with a high tail give the horse harmony. Appaloosa is rather broad-chested, with strong muscular legs and with a nice silky tail and mane.
Her height at the withers varies between 142-155 cm.
There is also a pony suit appaloosa.
Colors
From the foal, it’s quite difficult to determine what color it will be when it grows up. Most are born with light skins. Over time, they shed and lose their baby hair. The exception is gray horses, born dark, and subsequently slightly lighter.
Usually 7 professional terms are used in describing the suit of appaloosa: cheprak, roan, spots, cheprak roan, cheprak roan suited and stained, shabrack with spots.
Appaloosa is a horse that has a huge variety of combinations of a wide variety of shades. Moreover, the spotting or partial coloring of her skin is also one of the characteristic features of this extraordinary, magnificent horse.
The skin is delicate pink (almost flesh-colored) with inclusions of dark spots.
Types of Appease Horse Suit
In total, there are 5 types of color of the breed (basic):
1. Leopard - with a white color of the lower back and with hips in rounded dark spots.
2. Snowflake - white with dark spots on the body.
3. Black-white with no dark spots.
4. Marble - mottled throughout the body.
5. Hoarfrost - with white spots on a dark background.
The horse breeds are very diverse in colors.
Appaloosa: description, history of origin
The birthplace of the Appaloosa breed is the territory of the Palouse River (northern United States). And today she is bred in Canada and the western United States.
Even in ancient times, people appreciated spotted horses. This is evidenced by the found images of such animals in ancient caves, which are located in France. These paintings, apparently, were made more than 20 thousand years ago. Similar cave paintings were also found in Asia, in China.
At one time, the Spaniards brought these horses to North America during the era of the Great Geographical Discoveries. And their help was in time - to facilitate the study of American continents. Over time, the appaloosa (horse) has taken root in the life of the Indians. They bred these animals, exchanged and sold them to different tribes. Slowly their number increased, the suit improved, and at the beginning of the XVIII century, most of the inhabitants of Northwest America began to ride on such horses.
The Indians in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon (the Nez Perce tribe) were excellent horse breeders, and all their horses, including swag specimens, were very much appreciated and envied by other tribes.
It is known that this tribe was the only one that contributed to the consolidation of the characteristic features in these horses - agility and amazing quick wits. They left the best of them for breeding, and the rest they sold and exchanged.
With the extermination of people of the Nez Perce tribe, after the conquest of the continent by Europeans, the most unique horses also began to disappear.
Appaloosa Conservation Society
Until 1938, nothing significant was done to preserve appalois, until one of the farmers, Claude Thompson from Oregon (Moro), who was involved in the cultivation of wheat, created the Appaloosa Fans Club. This society was engaged in restoring a unique animal stock.
The society still exists and unites true enthusiasts and amateurs.
This horse is characterized to a greater extent by its specific suit than high-speed, albeit not bad qualities.
The nature and character of the horse
Representatives of the breed from ancient times lived next to humans, so animals are flexible and have a good-natured character.
The reviews about this horse are just wonderful. Appaloosa has a surprisingly calm disposition. However, at the same time, animals are bold, strong, smart and calm, easily trained and are amazingly diligent. Therefore, it is quite easy to remember the most difficult tricks.
Purpose, use, price
Appaloosa is a typical race breed. She can suddenly change the speed and direction of movement (shoveling), has a magnificent gallop, and is also a great jumper.
The duo of man and appulose brings great success in sports and in various circus performances.
They perform in almost all types of horse racing. Thanks to their friendly nature, they are ideal for riding.
Appaloosa is a horse whose price varies in the range of 70-350 thousand rubles, depending on the suit and age.
Having a calm disposition, good abilities, beautiful appearance, unique color and good-natured character, the horse of appaloosa is in demand and not only is an assistant in various spheres of life, but can also become a real devoted friend, especially for young children.
Care and maintenance
Caring for a pause, like any other breed of horse, is simple. Before going to the arena or for a walk, it is necessary to clean and saddle it. Today there are a wide variety of devices and tools for horse care: brushes of different sizes (with hard and soft, with natural and artificial bristles) for hooves; body cleaning brushes; various combs for mane and tail care; scrapers for removal of strong pollution; hooks to remove stuck items from hooves, etc.
It is important to thoroughly clean the horse so that nowhere on his back there are sawdust accompanying rubbing his back with a saddle. After riding, try to put on a blanket over her, and in the stable remove her. Then you should thoroughly wash absolutely all parts of her body. It should always be remembered that it is necessary to take care of the horse leisurely and calmly.
Under what conditions should horses of the breed of appaloosa be kept?
Undoubtedly, choosing the right stable solves many care problems. The room should have stalls (horses are in them), playpens and more spacious open rooms for people. Moreover, it is advisable to have, if possible, 2 arenas (necessarily one warm, for winter). Very good stalls are spacious (comfortable for turning the horse), separate for each animal, and if water is supplied to them.
As for feeding appaloosa, it should be noted that it is almost the same as in other domestic animals. It consists of food and drink. Water must always be clean. The main food is oats, hay as a top dressing, as well as all kinds of additives to maintain shape. In addition, the horse will not give up treats in the form of carrots or sugar.
