Scientific name:
Equus

Natural spread:
America, Europe

Zur group of the western-horses belonging, powerful horse. Dry, wide head with small ears. More massively, well molded Hal's middle length, that originates from a slanted shoulder. Little instep, more broadly, short and powerful back, good depth and width. Kicked the ball out, very muscular croup, good pants and clear joints. The sometimes somewhat easy foundation is dry, correct and stable. Often steep shackles, hard, small hooves with light strips. Trittsicher, persevering and fast, with quiet nature and Cow-sense equipped. Size between 145 and 160 cm of stick-measurement. Almost exclusively Tigerschecken.

Spotted horses are in the entire elderly Weltbekannt from early illustrations. The Spanish conquerors brought such animals into the new world where they left its tracks in the mustangs. The trunk of the Nez-Percé-Indianer is regarded as the single one, the systematic horse-discipline drove, and it specialized on striped horses, that soon after the Palause-Tal, its breeding-area in Idaho, was named. The peace-loving Nez-Percé tried in a legendary escape to escape the annihilation through the whites. Only few horses survived, and one developed a small breeding-population from it in 1938, that meanwhile on round One of America's most popular races increased 500.000 pieces and represents. Seat of the Appaloosa Horse club is Moskow, Idaho, where an impressive information-center was built.