A golden or cream-colored horse with a white mane and tail, bred for its distinctive striking appearance.
From Spanish 'palomino,' possibly derived from 'paloma' meaning dove, because of the bird-like delicate coloring. The breed became famous in the Americas through Spanish conquistadors and became especially popular in American Western culture.
Palominos became the celebrity horses of Hollywood Westerns—Dale Evans' horse Buttercup and Roy Rogers' Trigger were palominos, and their golden shine photographed so beautifully on film that the breed became synonymous with the romantic image of the Old West.
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