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This list includes actual horses that exist in the historical record. Racehorses are listed at
List of racehorses .
Racehorse
See
List of racehorses and
List of leading Thoroughbred racehorses
Famous horses
Bamboo Harvester , portrayed a talking horse in the title role of the TV series
Mister Ed , retired in Shasta County
Benjamin , a
Belgian Warmblood who portrayed the King's horse, Maximus, ridden by
Lee Min-ho in the TV series
The King: Eternal Monarch
Brooklyn Supreme , said to be the largest horse in history
[1]
Burmese , favourite mount of
Queen Elizabeth II ; a gift from the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Buttermilk ,
Dale Evans ' horse
Champion ,
Gene Autry 's horse
Clever Hans , reputedly smart horse
D'Arcy Yellow Turk , early foundation stallion with at least 4 lines of descent each to the three foundation sire champion racehorses of
Thoroughbreds :
Eclipse ,
Herod , and
Matchem
Darley Arabian ,
Godolphin Arabian and
Byerly Turk , stallions from whom all
Thoroughbreds are descended
Figure (also known by the name of one of his owners,
Justin Morgan ), the foundation sire of the
Morgan horse breed
Gunrock , used in the 1920s at
UC Davis to breed horses for the
U.S. Army
Cavalry
Hollywood Dun It , all-time leading reining sire and
Quarter Horse
Incitatus , Emperor
Caligula 's favorite horse; may have been proposed as a senator
Jim , former milk cart horse used to produce diphtheria antitoxin; contamination of this antitoxin inspired the
Biologics Control Act of 1902
King , a foundation sire of the Quarter Horse breed
Marocco or Bankes's Horse, a late 16th- and early 17th-century English performing horse
Muhamed , German horse allegedly capable of solving
cubic roots
Occident : a brown
pacing
gelding owned by
Leland Stanford used in
The Horse in Motion
Old Bob ,
Abraham Lincoln 's horse
Popcorn Deelites , the main horse who played
Seabiscuit in the Oscar Nominated film
Seabiscuit
Prometea , born May 28, 2003, the first cloned horse and the first to be born from and carried by its cloning mother
Rugged Lark , famous quarter horse owned by
Carol Harris , in the
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
Sampson , the tallest horse ever recorded; a
Shire ; stood 21.25
hands (86.5 inches; 220 cm) high
Spanker was a 17th century sire of many important horses.
Thunder ,
Red Ryder 's horse
Traveler , mascot of the University of Southern California
Trigger ,
Roy Rogers '
Palomino
Warpaint , mascot of the NFL
Kansas City Chiefs
Zippo Pine Bar Inducted into American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame and
National Snaffle Bit Association Hall of Fame
Military horses
Babieca , horse of
El Cid
Black Jack , the last Quartermaster-issued
U.S. Army horse, died February 6, 1976
Blueskin , one of Washington's two primary mounts during the American Revolutionary War
Bucephalus , favorite horse of
Alexander the Great ; one of the most famous horses of antiquity; following his death after the
Battle of Hydaspes in 326 BCE, Alexander promptly founded the city of
Bucephala upon the spot in his memory
Chetak , war horse of
Maharana Pratap of
Mewar in
India ; died defending its master in 1576 during the
Battle of Haldighati
Cincinnati , one of
Ulysses S. Grant 's horses
Comanche , only documented survivor of General Custer's 7th Cavalry detachment at the
Battle of Little Big Horn
Copenhagen , the
Duke of Wellington 's favourite horse, which he rode at the
Battle of Waterloo
Dhūljānāḥ , the horse of
Husayn ibn Ali in the
Battle of Karbala
Favorito , the personal horse of
Charles Albert of Savoy ,
King of Sardinia from 1831 to the king's death in 1849
Kasztanka , mare that belonged to interwar Poland's leader, Marshal
Józef Piłsudski
Llamrei , horse of
King Arthur
Marengo ,
Napoleon's horse which was captured by the British, and outlived Napoleon by eight years
Matsukaze , personal horse of
Maeda Keiji
Nelson , one of Washington's two primary mounts during the American Revolutionary War
Palomo , main horse of
Simón Bolívar
Reckless , became a decorated Marine for carrying supplies and ammunition into battle for the US Marine platoon in the
Korean War
Red Hare , also known as Chitu,
Lü Bu 's horse from the
Three Kingdoms ; inspired the phrase "Among men: Lü Bu. Among horses: Red Hare"
Sefton , survivor of the
Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings in 1982
Streiff , horse of
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden at the
battle of Lützen (1632)
Tencendur , warhorse of King
Charlemagne
Traveller ,
Robert E. Lee 's horse
Veillantif , horse of
Roland , a Frankish military leader under
Charlemagne
Warrior , "Old Warrior", the mount of General
Jack Seely in the First World War from 1914 to 1918; awarded the
Dickin Medal in 2014
Wexy , the war horse of the then
Prince of Orange , Prince Willem Frederik of Orange, the later
King William II of the Netherlands which he rode during the
Battle of Waterloo . He horse was wounded during the battle as was the Prince. After it's dead the horse was mounted and till this day is one of the oldest mounted horses in Europe which is still being preserved at the
Royal Stables in
The Hague .
Competition horses
For racehorses, such as
Secretariat and
Man o' War , see
List of racehorses .
Big Ben ,
Canadian international
show jumper and
Olympian owned and ridden by
Ian Millar
Brentina ,
American international
dressage horse and
Olympian ridden by
Debbie McDonald
Halla (1945-1979), German
show jumper that carried an injured rider to Individual and Team Gold medals in the
1956 Summer Olympics
Hickstead , Canadian international show jumper and Olympic individual show jumping gold medal winner
Huaso , famous
Chilean
show jumper ; holder of the high jump world record, one of the world's longest unbroken sport records
Midnight inducted into five different halls of fame, this
bucking horse famously bucked at the best rodeos throughout the West and Canada
Midnight Sun , two-time Grand Champion and leading foundation sire of the Tennessee Walking Horse breed
Milton : 20th-century showjumping gelding that competed for
British with
John Whitaker , winning several championships
Noble Flaire ,
Morgan horse who was the first to win three Park Harness World Championships at the American Morgan Horse World Championship Horse Show
Radium , outstanding
campdrafter ; influential sire in Australia
Rafalca ,
American international
dressage horse and
Olympian co-owned by
Jan Ebeling and
Ann Romney
Scamper ,
ProRodeo Hall of Fame horse in
barrel racing for hall of fame rider
Charmayne James . They won the
National Finals Rodeo a consecutive 10 times in a row, a record that still stands today.
Seldom Seen ,
pony who successfully competed in
dressage despite being unusually small
Snowman , former
plough horse rescued by rider Harry de Lyer from being butchered; won the 1958
National Horse Show Open Jumper championship against professional and Olympic level competition; twice named the American Horse Shows Association Horse of the Year
Totilas , first horse to score above a 90 in dressage
Touch of Class , bay Thoroughbred mare, ridden by Joe Fargis, won two gold medals in the 1984 Olympics
Valegro , current world record holder in dressage with 94.3% Royal Dutch Sport Horse, ridden by Charlotte Dujardin
See also
References