List Of Historical Horses

Soldiers' horses

• Black Jack, the last Quartermaster-issued U.S. Army horse, died February 6, 1976.
• Blueskin, one of General Washington's horses.
• Bucephalos, Alexander the Great's horse.
• Ellen Edenberg, one of General Washington's horses at Valley Forge.
• Comanche, only US Cavalry survivor of the Battle of Little Big Horn.
• Copenhagen, the Duke of Wellington's favourite horse, which he rode at the Battle of Waterloo.
• Little Sorrel, Stonewall Jackson's horse.
• Magnolia, one of General Washington's horses.
• Marengo, Napoleon's horse which was captured by the British.
• (Old) Nelson, one of General Washington's horses.
• Red Hare, Lu Bu's and eventually Guan Yu's horse from the Three Kingdoms. Inspired the phrase "Lu Bu among men, Red Hare among horses".
• Rienzi, Philip H. Sheridan's horse.
• Roger Leo, one of General Washington's horses at Valley Forge.
• Streiff, the horse of Gustavus Adolphus at the battle of Ltzen
• Traveller, General Lee's horse.

Race horses

• Abercrombie
• Adios
• Adios Butler, famous harness-racer
• Affirmed, last horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown (1978).
• Albatross
• Alydar, finished second to Affirmed in all three Triple Crown races, and one of the great sires in North American history.
• Arkle, reckoned the greatest steeplechaser of all time.
• Citation, Triple Crown winner in 1948.
• Dance Smartly, Breeders' Cup champion
• Eclipse, celebrated 18th century racehorse that won 18 races in 18 starts.
• Funny Cide
• Goldsmith Maid, famous harness racing mare of the 19th Century.
• John Henry
• Phar Lap, New Zealand racehorse.
• Lottery, UK
• Man O' War, who re-wrote the record books.
• Montrose
• Nijinsky II, last horse to win the English Triple Crown (1970).
• Northern Dancer
• Precious Bunny
• Red Rum, only horse in the history of the Aintree Grand National to win the race three times (he also came second on two other occasions).
• Ruffian, a filly who won every race she started, except the one that killed her.
• Steeplechase to win the race three times (he also came second on two other occasions).
• Seattle Slew, Triple Crown winner in 1977.
• Seabiscuit
• Secretariat, Triple Crown winner of 1973.
• Shergar, the kidnapped winner of the 1981 Epsom Derby.
• Steel Dust, 19th Century quarter-mile racing horse.
• War Admiral

other horses

• Clever Hans
• Cloud, wild mustang stallion documented from birth for a PBS Nature series.
• the Darley Arabian, Godolphin Arabian, and Byerly Turk, the stallions from whom all thoroughbreds are descended.
• Hollywood Dun It, all time leading reining sire and Quarter Horse.
• Incitatus, Emperor Caligula's favorite horse.
• Jim Key, "Smartest Horse in the World" a star attraction at 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis
• King, foundation sire of the quarter horse.
• Prometea, clone
• Sportsman, John Mytton's horse, died when forced to drink a bottle of port wine.
• Trigger, Roy Rogers' horse

Fictional horses

• Mr. Ed from the TV show of the same name
• Shadowfax the horse of Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings
• Boxer from Animal Farm

Related topics

• List of fictional horses
• List of historical animals

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