Guppy
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Interresting that you are the only one ready to take a guess...
Unfortunately, you are incorrect. I'll give it another day and update the answer.
I don't have enough to go on from a photo to be able to guess. In person might be a different story. Then again, it might not be.
Can someone tell there's a difference in A and B and C in person? If it were wrongly labeled, how likely would it be to fool you? Would it make any practical difference in how the leather performed over the life of the garment?
People often want things because they are told that it is special and desirable. The reality is that a good tanner can make a high quality leather from either animal, and the differences between the two are only as important as the owner makes them out to be in their mind.
Horse is more expensive due to supply, and if you buy horse you should get what you paid for.
With Aero Leather jackets, I can absolutely tell which is which, between steer or horse. The difference is mostly in the grain. The Horween Steerhide used by Aero has a more pronounced, coarser grain than does the FQHH, breaks in faster, and is less stiff. Both are excellent leathers. If you put the wrong label on one, I would probably believe it unless I had a good reason to suspect otherwise.
I can also tell a difference in person between Schott HH and bovine. And often in photos.
I am not an expert, but I have a bit of experience and a lot of jackets that I've seen firsthand.
Do I have a point to make? Not really. Just that a photo isn't really adequate to differentiate. In person may or may not be. But it's not impossible.