Editing Appaloosa (section)

=== Revitalization ===
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[[File:AppyPlate.jpg|thumb|alt=An Idaho car license plate with a running horse on the left side. The horse is brown with a brown and white spotted rump|The state of Idaho offers a license plate featuring the Appaloosa horse.]]

The Appaloosa came to the attention of the general public in January 1937 in ''[[Western Horseman]]'' magazine when Francis D. Haines, a history professor from [[Lewiston, Idaho]], published an article describing the breed's history and urging its preservation.{{sfn|Ciarloni, "Shaping Stock Horses"|p=82}} Haines had performed extensive research, traveling with a friend and Appaloosa aficionado named George Hatley, visiting numerous Nez Perce villages, collecting history, and taking photographs.{{sfn|Ciarloni, "Shaping Stock Horses"|p=83}} The article generated strong interest in the horse breed, and led to the founding of the [[Appaloosa Horse Club]] (ApHC) by Claude Thompson and a small group of other dedicated breeders in 1938.<ref name="ApHC History">{{cite web| url= http://www.appaloosamuseum.org/cms/default.asp?contentID=524| title= History of the ApHC| access-date= January 31, 2008| publisher= The Appaloosa Museum| archive-url= https://archive.today/20080206014113/http://www.appaloosamuseum.org/cms/default.asp?contentID=524| archive-date= 6 February 2008|url-status = dead}}</ref>{{sfn|Haines, ''Appaloosa''|p=98}} The registry was originally housed in [[Moro, Oregon]];{{sfn|Haines, ''Appaloosa''|p=98}} but in 1947 the organization moved to [[Moscow, Idaho]], under the leadership of George Hatley.{{sfn|Ciarloni, "Shaping Stock Horses"|p=83}}<ref name="ApHC History" />  The Appaloosa Museum foundation was formed in 1975 to preserve the history of the Appaloosa horse.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.appaloosamuseum.org |title=Appaloosa Museum |access-date=January 31, 2008 |publisher=The Appaloosa Museum |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20080228173719/http://www.appaloosamuseum.org/ |archive-date=February 28, 2008 |url-status = live}}</ref> The ''Western Horseman'' magazine, and particularly its longtime publisher, Dick Spencer, continued to support and promote the breed through many subsequent articles.{{sfn|Ciarloni, "Shaping Stock Horses"|pp=83–84}}

A significant [[crossbreed]]ing influence used to revitalize the Appaloosa was the Arabian horse, as evidenced by early registration lists that show Arabian-Appaloosa crossbreeds as ten of the first fifteen horses registered with the ApHC.{{sfn|Appaloosa Horse Club, ''Appaloosa Horse Club Stud Book, Vol. 1''}} For example, one of Claude Thompson's major herd sires was Ferras, an Arabian stallion bred by [[Will Keith Kellogg|W.K. Kellogg]] from horses imported from the [[Crabbet Arabian Stud]] of England.<ref name=Thompson>{{cite journal|last=Thorson |first=Juli S. |date=June 1997 |title=Claude Thompson: Appaloosa Forefather |journal=Appaloosa Journal|pages=40–45}}</ref> Ferras sired Red Eagle, a prominent Appaloosa stallion<ref name=Thompson/> added to the Appaloosa Hall of Fame in 1988. Later, Thoroughbred and American Quarter Horse lines were added, as well as crosses from other breeds, including [[Morgan horse|Morgans]] and [[Standardbred horse|Standardbreds]].{{sfn|Appaloosa Horse Club, ''Appaloosa Horse Club Stud Book, Vol. 2 & 3''}} In 1983 the ApHC reduced the number of allowable outcrosses to three main breeds: the Arabian, the American Quarter Horse and the Thoroughbred.<ref name=Rule204>{{cite web |url=http://www.appaloosa.com/registration/handbook.htm |title=2012 Appaloosa Horse Club Handbook |access-date=April 2, 2012 |format=PDF |work=Rule 204 A 1, 2, 3 |publisher=Appaloosa Horse Club |archive-date=April 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110422185434/http://appaloosa.com/registration/handbook.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

By 1978 the ApHC was the third largest horse registry for light horse breeds.<ref name="ApHC History" />  From 1938 to 2007 more than 670,000&nbsp;Appaloosas were registered by the ApHC.<ref name=Facts>{{cite web |url= http://www.appaloosa.com/popupwindows/factsheet.htm |title= Appaloosa Horse Club Fact Sheet |access-date= February 1, 2007 |publisher= Appaloosa Horse Club |archive-date= October 23, 2006 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061023151456/http://www.appaloosa.com/popupwindows/factsheet.htm |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|journal=The Horse|url-access=registration |access-date=October 24, 2009 | url = http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=12798|title=Overbreeding|author=Sellnow, Les|date=September 1, 2008}}</ref> The state of [[Idaho]] adopted the Appaloosa as its official state horse on March 25, 1975, when Idaho Governor [[Cecil D. Andrus|Cecil Andrus]] signed the enabling legislation.<ref name="Appaloosa History" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Idaho State Emblems |url=http://www.sos.idaho.gov/emblems/ |website=Idaho Secretary Of State |access-date=August 1, 2016 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720013014/http://www.sos.idaho.gov/emblems/ |archive-date=July 20, 2016 }}</ref>  Idaho also offers a custom license plate featuring an Appaloosa,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.accessidaho.org/secure/itd/personalized/plates.html?ScriptForm.startstep=request&ScriptForm.startScriptForm.start.ScriptStepView.requestPLATE_TYPEvalue=11 |title= Personalized Plates for Your Vehicle & Souvenir Sample Plates |publisher=Idaho Transportation Department|access-date=January 31, 2008}}</ref> the first state to offer a plate featuring a state horse.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.appaloosa.com/popupwindows/licenseplate.htm |title= Everything you need to know about the Appaloosa License Plate |access-date= January 31, 2008 |publisher= Appaloosa Horse Club |archive-date= November 19, 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071119102111/http://www.appaloosa.com/popupwindows/licenseplate.htm |url-status= dead }}</ref>