Appaloosa (disambiguation)
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The Appaloosa
is a horse breed known for its preferred leopard-spotted coat color and other distinctive physical characteristics.
Appaloosa may also refer to:
Appaloosa
The Appaloosa is a horse breed best known for its colorful leopard-spotted coat pattern. There is a wide range of body types within the breed, stemming from the influence of multiple breeds of horses throughout its history. Each horse's color pattern is genetically the result of various spotting...
is a horse breed known for its preferred leopard-spotted coat color and other distinctive physical characteristics.
Appaloosa may also refer to:
- The Appaloosa, a 1966 Western film.
- Appaloosa (film)Appaloosa (film)Appaloosa is a 2008 American Western film based on the 2005 novel of the same name by crime writer Robert B. Parker. The film was directed by Ed Harris and co-written by Harris and Robert Knott. Appaloosa stars Harris alongside Viggo Mortensen, Renée Zellweger and Jeremy Irons...
, a 2008 Western film, which is not related to the 1966 film. - Appaloosa (novel)Appaloosa (novel)Appaloosa is a novel set in the American Old West written by Robert B. Parker. A film of the same name based on the novel was released in 2008. Parker published a sequel, Resolution, in June 2008 and a third novel featuring the characters of Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, Brimstone, in May 2009...
, a 2005 novel on which the 2008 film is based. - Appaloosa (band)Appaloosa (band)Appaloosa is a band composed of lyricist/vocalist Anne-Laure Keib and musician Max Krefeld. The pair met when Anne-Laure left her native Paris to spend time in Berlin and together they formed Appaloosa there in June 2006....
, a French electronic duo band. - Appaloosa InteractiveAppaloosa InteractiveAppaloosa Interactive is a corporation, founded in 1983 in Hungary, that produced numerous console games, computer programs and Hungarian TV-commercials during the 1980s and 90's. The company's headquarters are currently in Palo Alto, California, and it is the parent company and owner of two...
, a video game company. - Appaloosa oil fieldAppaloosa oil fieldAppaloosa is an offshore oil field located in the Mississippi Canyon blocks 459, 460, 503, and 504 of the United States sector of the Gulf of Mexico. It is a part of the Greater Longhorn area. The field is developed by the Italian energy company Eni....
, an offshore oil field - Appaloosa ManagementAppaloosa ManagementAppaloosa Management is an American hedge fund founded in 1993 by David Tepper and Jack Walton specializing in distressed debt. Appaloosa Management invests in public equity and fixed income markets around the world.-History:...
, an American hedge fund. - The AppalousaAppalousaThe Appalousa were Native Americans who had occupied the area around Opelousas, Louisiana before European contact.The name Opelousas has been thought to have many meanings, but the one most commonly accepted is "Blackleg", possibly because the tribe painted or stained their legs a dark color...
Amerindian tribe.