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Profile
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History
Historians are not exactly sure of
the origin of the Appaloosa, some
believe the Spaniards brought them
on their quest for god, glory, and
gold, and others believe that the
Russian fur-traders brought them.
Both are plausible.
The early Appaloosas were short,
sturdy, sure-footed, and fast. The
Nez Percé tribe had strict selection
policies to encourage traits that
can be found in the modern
Appaloosa. These traits include
temperament, endurance,
intelligence, along with a
distinctive look.
When the breed was brought to the
Americas the Nez Percé fell in love
with the breed for its many
characteristics. This horse became
associated with the Nez Percé, which
later caused problems for the breed.
The word Appaloosa originated from
the name Palouse River, which runs
through the original Nez Percé
country, evolved a few times until
the name Appaloosa was officially
adopted by the Appaloosa Horse Club.
Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and
Clark expedition wrote of the horses
of the Nez Percé in a February 15,
1806 journal entry. "Their horses
appear to be of an excellent race:
they are lofty, elegantly formed,
active and durable: in short many of
them look like fine English horses
and would make a figure in any
country".
When the cavalry captured Chief
Joseph and the remaining Nez Percé
on October 5th 1877, they
immediately took all of the horses
and sold all they could, and
exterminated the rest. The Nez Percé
tribe once again began a breeding
program in 1995 to develop the Nez
Percé Horse. Their program is based
on crossbreeding the Appaloosa and a
Central Asian breed called
Akhal-Teke. This is a program the
Nez Percé hope will resurrect their
horse culture, a proud tradition of
selective breeding and horsemanship
that was destroyed by a 19th century
war. The breeding program was
financed by the United States
Department of Health and Human
Services, the Nez Percé tribe and a
nonprofit group called the First
Nations Development Institute, which
promotes such businesses.
In 1877 the Appaloosa breed was
nearly extinct, but by 1937 the
Appaloosa had caught the eye of the
public and in 1938 the Appaloosa
Horse Club, based in Moscow, Idaho
was founded. Idaho adopted the
Appaloosa as its official state
horse in 1975. Today the breed is
one of America's most prized breeds
and there are over a million
registered horses. More information
on the history of the Appaloosa can
be found at the Appaloosa Museum.
Appaloosa
Breed Characteristics
Because the coloring of the
Appaloosa is its primary
qualification, there are several
body styles found in the breed.
There are stock-types, sporthorses,
pleasure horses, race horses and
some that are very nearly ponies.
Because of this wide variety,
Appaloosas can happily be used for
just about anything.
The physical conformation of the
stock-type Appaloosa is generally
similar to that seen in the American
Quarter Horse, partly because the
Quarter Horse was used to "improve"
the conformation of the Appaloosa
when the breed was being
established. Both breeds are
powerfully muscled with broad bodies
and thick bones. Their build is
meant more for short bursts of speed
and rapid stops and starts. They are
therefore ideally suited to western
sports: working cattle, reining,
rodeo and playday sports such as
barrel racing (Camas Prairie Stump
Race) and pole bending (Nez Percé
Stake Race) and short-length racing
(generally one quarter-mile.)
The stock-type Appaloosa is not the
only body type found in the breed.
There are some Appaloosas that
display more of a sport-horse
conformation. They have longer legs,
cleaner joints and more grace than
sheer power. These horses have been
bred to be used in English sports,
in particular dressage and English
showing.
Most Appaloosas are recognized by
their colorful spotted coat
patterns, striped hooves, mottles
skin (most visible around their eyes
and on their muzzle) and white
sclera (on most horses this will be
black). However, some do not display
the typical traits and may appear to
be "solid" (sans spots, visible coat
pattern or other characteristics
generally associated with the
breed.) While the original, "old
time" Appaloosas also had a sparse
mane and tail among its
characteristics, today's "modern"
Appaloosas generally have thick,
full manes and tails. Appaloosa
characteristics
The markings of an Appaloosa are
distinct from the dapples seen in
grays and some other horse colors.
The base color of the horse can be
any color, including bay, black,
chestnut, palomino, buckskin, dun,
grulla, and grey.
Patterns
Blanket - white over the hip that
may extend from the tail to the base
of the neck. The spots inside the
blanket (if present) are the same
color as the horse's base coat.
Leopard - dark spots of varying
sizes over a white body.
Few Spot Leopard - only a very
sparse pattern or dark spots over a
white body. Some may have as few as
only one or two spots.
Snowflake - white spots on a dark
body. Typically the white spots
increase in number and size as the
horse ages.
Varnish - dark points (legs and
head) and some spots or roaning over
a light body. May occur in
conjunction with another spotting
style and change with age.
Frost - similar to varnish but the
white hairs are limited to the back,
loins, and neck. May occur in
conjunction with another spotting
style and change with age.
Registration
The Appaloosa registries are fairly
recent, and the breed was
established from unregistered horses
with certain color patterns. In
addition to the spotting patterns
above, certain other characteristics
were used to determine whether a
horse could be registered:
Mottling skin,
which is apparent around the lips,
eye lids, and genitalia
White sclera (a white ring around
the eyes)
Striped hooves
At the present time, a horse without
the color pattern on his coat can be
registered with the Appaloosa Horse
Club. The registry is based upon the
pedigree of the horse reflecting a
recognized Appaloosa bloodline. The
horse must be the offspring of two
registered Appaloosa parents or an
Appaloosa and a horse from an
approved breed registry. Appaloosas
are commonly crossbred with Arabian
horses, Quarter Horses, and
Thoroughbreds, and these offspring
are eligible for registration. When
registering a solid-colored horse,
it must be blood typed and there
must be a DNA link established to
both parents. The owner of the horse
then must pay to have the horse
inspected. The registration papers
then indicate that the horse is not
colored, but is registered through
the Certificate Pedigree Option CPO.
CPO horses can be shown in ApHC
approved events; however, CPO horses
do have breeding restrictions. A CPO
registered horse can be upgraded to
regular registration at any time if
the horse begins to show a color
pattern.
Though there is much debate about
CPO, the preface of the ApHC rule
book states that the Appaloosa is "a
breed defined by ApHC bloodline
requirements and preferred
characteristics, including coat
pattern." In other words, the
Appaloosa is a distinct breed that
also has a color preference. It is
not strictly a "color breed" as many
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