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"True Appaloosa" is a 2015 documentary film about Scott Engstrom, an American horse breeder who travels to Central Asia, specifically Kyrgyzstan, to find evidence of horses that predate the official Spanish introduction of horses to the Americas, potentially proving the Asian origin of the Appaloosa breed. The film follows her journey into a remote valley to discover a horse that resembles the Appaloosa, which she believes could rewrite the history of the breed. The film was directed by Conor Woodman.

The film tells the story of a 69-year-old Californian horsewoman, now living in New Zealand who sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the truth about the origins of the rare Appaloosa spotted horse. Back in the saddle for the first time in 12 years, she crosses one of the world's highest mountain ranges in search of a lost valley, where she hopes to discover whether the experts have been wrong all along and that the true source of the North American Appaloosa horse is Asia and not Europe, as the history books would have us believe.

The film True Appaloosa is the result of a chance viewing of a Conor Woodman documentary about travelling in Kyrgyzstan by New Zealand foundation appaloosa breeder Scott Engstrom.

The spotted appaloosa has been recognised as a breed since about the mid 1940s, after a group of breeders got together to form the first stud book, based on horses who were originally selectively bred by the Nez Perce tribe.US born Engstrom, who has lived at the top of New Zealand’s South Island since the mid 1990s, saw a horse in the documentary (Around the World in 80 Trades) that Woodman had traded during his journey. She thought the horse looked a lot like the appaloosas on her farm.

>>> CHECK: CHAAR-APPALOOSA ASSOCIATION ! (movie trailer also available)

>>> FULL ARTICLE HERE !!!
(Earina Appaloosas – foundation appaloosa breeders, New Zealand)

>>> FURTHER DETAILS: imdb.com
 

 

Director: Conor Woodman

Cast: Scott Engstrom, Munarbek Kuldanbev