this isn’t a horse this is a fucking mystical spirit ready to lead you on a YA fantasy novel adventure i mean goddamn
My first two thoughts were
-this is how that fucker looks at you before he bolts off into the woods without a halter on going “HA HA”And
-man I feel sorry for whoever has to groom that tail after this photo shoot.
This photo is blowing my mind. Is this a Photoshop job? Appies don’t usually have long flowing manes and tails like that, nor do they normally look so slender and refined. It’s almost like a Saddlebred with Appy markings.
Most likely it’s an Appaloosa sport horse, Walkaloosa, or Arappaloosa. Appaloosa sport horses can be bred from all kinds of stock. There’s also plenty of crossbred Saddlebreds (and National Show Horses, and Arabs, and Thoroughbreds, etc) with Appaloosas for people that want a gaited horse with flash and spots.
And while it does have a -long- mane and tail— which can be achieved simply by bagging the tail up and -never- touching it with a brush so you don’t pull hairs out willy-nilly, OR with tail extensions— it doesn’t look like a particularly full and luxurious mane and tail. It’s kinda lanky, which is pretty indicative of the horse’s appaloosa heritage.