[jason taylor]

Golden Appaloosa:

A breed used used on Joyeusse rivaling the famed
Sword World miniphant as a local symbol. Descended from crossbreeding between the North American Appaloosa horse and the Central Asian Akhal-Teke (known for the golden sheen of it's skin)* it is used in for ranching and other work when mechanization is not available or not preferable as well as in equestrian atheletics. Known for it's endurance capacity and it's tell-tale leopard spots descended from it's ancestry it is a national symbol of the the planet.

Controversy extends as to how it arrived. Some say embryos were carried with the first immigrant voyages, and others that Hertugs imported horseflesh from Terra to bolster their image long after settlement was assured .


*The Nez Perce actually do have a project of importing Akhal-Tekes to breed to their Appaloosa stock.