This list includes actual horses that exist in the historical record. Racehorses are listed atList of racehorses.
Racehorse
editSeeList of racehorsesandList of leading Thoroughbred racehorses
Famous horses
edit- Bamboo Harvester,portrayed a talking horse in the title role of the TV seriesMister Ed,retired in Shasta County
- Benjamin,aBelgian Warmbloodwho portrayed the King's horse, Maximus, ridden byLee Min-hoin the TV seriesThe King: Eternal Monarch
- Brooklyn Supreme,said to be the largest horse in history
- Burmese,favourite mount ofQueen Elizabeth II;a gift from theRoyal 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 ofThoroughbreds:Eclipse,Herod,andMatchem
- Darley Arabian,Godolphin ArabianandByerly Turk,stallions from whom allThoroughbredsare descended
- Dilbagh and Gulbagh,horses of the Sikh guru,Guru Hargobind
- Figure(also known by the name of one of his owners,Justin Morgan), the foundation sire of theMorgan horsebreed
- Gunrock,used in the 1920s atUC Davisto breed horses for theU.S. ArmyCavalry
- Hollywood Dun It,all-time leading reining sire andQuarter Horse
- Incitatus,EmperorCaligula'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 theBiologics Control Actof 1902
- King,a foundation sire of the Quarter Horse breed
- Maroccoor Bankes's Horse, a late 16th- and early 17th-century English performing horse
- Muhamed,German horse allegedly capable of solvingcubic roots
- Occident:a brownpacinggeldingowned byLeland Stanfordused inThe Horse in Motion
- Old Billy:Longest-living horse verified ever[1]
- Old Bob,Abraham Lincoln's horse
- Popcorn Deelites,the main horse who playedSeabiscuitin the Oscar Nominated filmSeabiscuit
- 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 byCarol Harris,in theAmerican Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
- Sampson,the tallest horse ever recorded; aShire;stood 21.25hands(86.5 inches; 220 cm) high
- Spankerwas 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 NFLKansas City Chiefs
- Zippo Pine BarInducted into American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame andNational Snaffle Bit Association Hall of Fame
Military horses
edit- Autumn Dew,horse owned byEmperor Taizong of Tang
- Babieca,horse ofEl Cid
- Bill the Bastard,legendary Australian war horse
- Black Jack,the last Quartermaster-issuedU.S. Armyhorse, died February 6, 1976
- Blueskin,one of Washington's two primary mounts during the American Revolutionary War
- Bucephalus,favorite horse ofAlexander the Great;one of the most famous horses of antiquity; following his death after theBattle of Hydaspesin 326 BCE, Alexander promptly founded the city ofBucephalaupon the spot in his memory
- Chetak,war horse ofMaharana PratapofMewarinIndia;died defending its master in 1576 during theBattle of Haldighati
- Cincinnati,one ofUlysses S. Grant's horses
- Comanche,only documented survivor of General Custer's 7th Cavalry detachment at theBattle of Little Big Horn
- Copenhagen,theDuke of Wellington's favourite horse, which he rode at theBattle of Waterloo
- Çankaya,one of the two personal horses ofMustafa Kemal Atatürk,founder of modernTurkey[2]
- Dhūljānāḥ,the horse ofHusayn ibn Aliin theBattle of Karbala
- Favorito,the personal horse ofCharles Albert of Savoy,King of Sardiniafrom 1831 to the king's death in 1849
- Kasztanka,mare that belonged to interwar Poland's leader, MarshalJózef Piłsudski
- Llamrei,horse ofKing Arthur
- Marengo,Napoleon'shorse which was captured by the British, and outlived Napoleon by eight years
- Matsukaze,personal horse ofMaeda Keiji
- Nelson,one of Washington's two primary mounts during the American Revolutionary War
- Old Whitey,horse of soldier and U.S. PresidentZachary Taylor
- Palomo,main horse ofSimón Bolívar
- Reckless,became a decorated Marine for carrying supplies and ammunition into battle for the US Marine platoon in theKorean War
- Red Hare,also known as Chitu,Lü Bu's horse from theThree Kingdoms;inspired the phrase "Among men: Lü Bu. Among horses: Red Hare"
- Sakarya,One of the two personal horses ofMustafa Kemal Atatürk,founder of modernTurkey,inspired by thebattle which he commandedof the same name[3]
- Sefton,survivor of theHyde Park and Regent's Park bombingsin 1982
- Streiff,horse ofGustavus Adolphus of Swedenat thebattle of Lützen (1632)
- Tencendur,warhorse of KingCharlemagne
- Traveller,Robert E. Lee's horse
- Veillantif,horse ofRoland,a Frankish military leader underCharlemagne
- Warrior,"Old Warrior", the mount of GeneralJack Seelyin the First World War from 1914 to 1918; awarded theDickin Medalin 2014
- Wexy, the war horse of the thenPrince of Orange,Prince Willem Frederik of Orange, the laterKing William II of the Netherlandswhich he rode during theBattle of Waterloo.He horse was wounded during the battle as was the Prince. After its death the horse was mounted and till this day is one of the oldest mounted horses in Europe which is still being preserved at theRoyal StablesinThe Hague.[4]
Competition horses
editFor racehorses, such asSecretariatandMan o' War,seeList of racehorses.
- Big Ben,Canadianinternationalshow jumperandOlympianowned and ridden byIan Millar
- Brentina,Americaninternationaldressagehorse andOlympianridden byDebbie McDonald
- Halla(1945–1979), Germanshow jumperthat carried an injured rider to Individual and Team Gold medals in the1956 Summer Olympics
- Hickstead,Canadian international show jumper and Olympic individual show jumping gold medal winner
- Huaso,famousChileanshow jumper;holder of the high jump world record, one of the world's longest unbroken sport records
- Midnightinducted into five different halls of fame, thisbucking horsefamously 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 forBritishwithJohn Whitaker,winning several championships
- Noble Flaire,Morgan horsewho was the first to win three Park Harness World Championships at the American Morgan Horse World Championship Horse Show
- Peppermint Grove, ridden by AustralianGillian Rolton
- Radium,outstandingcampdrafter;influential sire in Australia
- Rafalca,Americaninternationaldressagehorse andOlympianco-owned byJan EbelingandAnn Romney
- Scamper,ProRodeo Hall of Famehorse inbarrel racingfor hall of fame riderCharmayne James.They won theNational Finals Rodeoa consecutive 10 times in a row, a record that still stands today.
- Seldom Seen,ponywho successfully competed indressagedespite being unusually small
- Snowman,formerploughhorse rescued by rider Harry de Lyer from being butchered; won the 1958National Horse ShowOpen 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
editReferences
edit- ^Bibby, Miriam."Old Billy the Barge Horse".historic-uk.
- ^"Atatürk'ün Atları Sakarya ve Çankaya - Binicilik Okulu"(in Turkish). June 11, 2019.RetrievedJuly 11,2024.
- ^"Turkish Military Academy".kho.msu.edu.tr.RetrievedJuly 11,2024.
- ^"Wexy".Koninklijke Verzamelingen(in Dutch).RetrievedOctober 16,2024.
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