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Horses primarily evolved in North America. https://www.britannica.com/animal/horse/Evolution-of-the-horse
That's a good point, but from the article that you linked they had been completely absent from the continent for up to 10,000 years, until they were reintroduced by the Spanish:
Right that’s the point though North America is the native continent of equines. It shouldn’t come as a shock they do well here.