Appaloosa

Easily recognized from the spots and splashes of colors over their coats, the Appaloosa breed are unique and beautiful from the inside out.  Appaloosa's are extremely versatile, and have set records in speed on race racks, earned high honors in dressage, games, roping, endurance, jumping and reining- and even make wonderful family horses due to their gentleness.  Appaloosa's are eager to please their owners and have gentle dispositions.

The name "appaloosa" came from white settlers that arrived in the Northwest Palouse region in the 1700's.  They began calling the spotted horses by "palouse horses" for groups of them, and for a single horse, "A palouse horse".  Then name was shorted and slurred to "appalousey" and then eventually, "Appaloosa" was born.

More than half a million Appaloosa horses are registered with the international breed registry, and the Appaloosa Museum and Heritage Center which is located in Moscow, Idaho. The breed is so popular, they have their own monthly magazine: "The Appaloosa Journal".