The Legendary Appaloosa
With its distinctive spotted-rump “blanket” patch, the Appaloosa is among the most recognizable of horse breeds. Bred by the Nez Percé tribe for its mystical appearance and qualities, the breed is now used for competitive and pleasure riding. The Legendary Appaloosa celebrates this breed, with the following chapters on the Appaloosa’s history, its coat patterns and other physical characteristics, its bond with humans, and the breed’s uses for pleasure riding and as a ranch horse, as well as in competitions such as horse show, rodeos, and endurance races: • An American Presence:  The Legend• Nature’s Work of Art: Coats of   Many Colors• Dream in Color: Breeding   Appaloosas• Babies, Babies: Appaloosa Foals• The Finest Friend: Companionship• Tack Up for the Trail: “All good   things are wild and free.”• At Work and Play: Performance