The painting was part of several exhibitions that Franz Marc and fellow Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky presented to the public under the name Der Blaue Reiter from late 1911 until 1914.

XXIV a pencil drawing, about the size of a postcard, entitled Young Horse in Mountain Landscape, which already shows the composition of the later painting.

[3] It was part of the private collection of Bernhard Koehler, who supported Marc financially and received paintings from the artist in return.

The blue color of the horse represents peace and the calm state of mind that Marc would have had when drawing it.

The Deutsche Post issued a stamp with the painting on 9 February 2012, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Der Blaue Reiter.