The creation of the horse

Al-Masudi transmits a report from Ibn Abbas on the creation of the horse. ¹

God revealed to the South Wind that He was creating from it a creature. Gabriel took a handful from it, and God created from it a dark bay horse. He made spoils led on its back, good tied to its forelock, blessed its neighing to terrify the polytheists, and marked it with a white blaze and white stockings. ¹

The report says that Adam was given a choice between the horse and the buraq, and the form of the buraq in it is that of a mule, neither male nor female. He chose the horse, and it was said to him that he had chosen his own honour and the honour of his offspring. ¹

This is a report that al-Masudi transmits without an evaluation of its chain in the data. It needs a further source.