List of historical horses

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

References

^ "Meet the World's Largest Horse, Who Had a Hilarious Quirk You Won't Believe". Archived from the original on March 23, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2018.