Jackie and Scott Nelson have been raising beautiful horses for years. They live in Melbourne, Florida, and specialize in breeding paint horses at their ranch called Down Under Colour.

While they have seen and raised some remarkable horses over the years, it was one little filly named Coconut that really caught their attention. It wasn’t that she was more beautiful than the rest, it was that her markings were exceptionally special.

Upon looking closely at Coconut, they realized that she had the classic markings of a traditional war horse. While that may not seem important to us, to the Indigenous culture it is extremely rare and special. War Horses were special horses in Indigenous culture because they were chosen by Medicine Men for their protective and good luck properties, or so legend shows.

Medicine Men were believed to have special connections with plants, animals, the spiritual realm, and other aspects of nature. And they would only ride one kind of horse – a War Horse. A War Horse was a white horse that only had one small patch of color on their ears and top of their head. This was called a Medicine Hat or War Bonnet. Sometimes they had a mark on their chest as well called a war shield.

In addition, a War Horse had to have one blue eye, as that eye was believed to be a connection to the spiritual world. If the Medicine Man was killed in battle, the blue eye was believed to help carry his spirit back to the gods.

Indigenous cultures believed that the War Horse had special powers and would bring good luck to the Medicine Men and tribe that they were a part of. Because of this, they were highly guarded and protected.

It was also believed that if a tribe were to steal a war horse from another tribe or kill the Medicine Man, they would be able to weaken the other tribe by stealing some of their good luck.

When Jackie and Scott realized just how special Coconut was, they quickly shared a video of their precious baby on social media. She immediately gained plenty of oohs and aahs.

Now Coconut is full grown, but she is still as remarkably beautiful as she was as a colt, and her fame has spread. Her rare markings have certainly made her a real attention getter.

Check out this beautiful and rare horse in the video below and share it with your family and friends. It’s not every day that we get to see something this rare and special.