Famous Race Horse Names
- Kingston
- Night Raid
- Zippy Chippy
- Goldsmith Maid
- Bernborough
- Sunday Silence
- Moifaa
- Eclipse
- Whirlaway
- Allez France
- Pleasant Colony
- Peter Pan
- Phar Lap
- Nijinsky II
- Yeats
- Hurricane Fly
- California Chrome
- Invasor
- Northern Dancer
- Tanya
- Quevega
- Black Caviar
- Brigadier Gerard
- Jay Trump
- Voltaire
- Longfellow
- Dawn Run
- Sunline
- Archer
- Cardigan Bay
- Desert Gold
- Kissin George
- Beholder
- Zev
- Seabiscuit
- Tiznow
- Zenyatta
- Exterminator
- Best Mate
- Shergar
- Sea Bird
- Bold Forbes
- Aristides
- Tonalist
- Animal Kingdom
- Roy Olcott
- Genuine Risk
- Ajax
- La Troienne
- Deep Impact
- Citation
- Funny Cide
- Cigar
- Sir Winston
- Fair Play
- War Of Will
- Mahubah
- Smarty Jones
- Gloaming
- Tuscalee
- Zabeel
- John Henry
- Storm Cat
- Nasrullah
- Your Host
- Unbridled’s Song
- Assault
- Seattle Slew
- American Pharoah
- Bold Ruler
- Kingston Town
- Curlin
- Johnstown
- Kindergarten
- Kelso
- Alydar
- Native Dancer
- Sleipnir
- Orfevre
- Secretariat
- Crisp
- Isonomy
- Castleshane
- Varenne
- Flyingbolt
- Mr. Prospector
- Unbreakable
- Vo Rouge
- Hyperion:
- Needles
- Isinglass
- Easy Goer
- Big Brown
- Queensway
- Might and Power
- War Admiral
- I’ll Have Another
- Rachel Alexandra
- Adios
- Sardar
- Spectacular Bid
- Affirmed
- Kincsem
- Dr. Fager
- Unbridled
- Niatross
- Country House
- Maximum Security
- Overdose
- Frankel
- Bret Hanover
- Makybe Diva
- Hastings
- Iroquois
- Man o’ War
- Eight Belles
- Winning Colors
- Rock Sand
- Adios Butler
- Sea the Stars
- Gainsborough
- Ruffian
- Galileo
- Desert Orchid
- Regret
- Justify
- Bucephalus
- Buckpasser
- Skewball
- Red Rum
- Silky Sullivan
- Danehill
- Xaar
- Golden Miller
- Round Table
- Lottery
- Arrogate
- Dan Patch
- Twenty Grand
- Go Man Go
- Hambletonian 10
- Irish War Cry
- Carbine
- Greyhound
- Winx
- Swale
- Real Quiet
- Whistlejacket
- Lookin At Lucky
- Ribot
- Vain
- Zaccio
- Steel Dust
- Xtra Heat
- Dance Smartly
- Incitatus
- Barbaro
- Ruthless
- Whisk Broom II
- Two Lea
- Sadler’s Wells
- Lexington
- The Duke
- Arkle
- Doncaster
- Lonesome Glory
- Master Charlie
- Albatross
- Kalgoorlie Kid
- Wise Dan
- Ben Nevis
Famous Horses in Movies
- Little Blackie (True Grit)
- White Cloud (Caravan Trail)
- White Feller (The Lone Ranger)
- Old Thunder (The Big Country)
- Thunderhead (Thunderhead, King Of The Herd)
- Sunny (Aces Wild)
- Apache (Devil Horse)
- Pie (National Velvet)
- Goliath (Ladyhawke)
- Silver Bullet (Shadows Of The West)
- Joey (War Horse)
- Conquistador (The Littlest Outlaw)
- Dollar (The Shootist)
- Dover (My Fair Lady)
- Gulliver (The Horse Whisperer)
- April Love (April Love)
- Two Bits (Two Bits and Pepper)
- Antares (Ben-Hur)
- Blue Boy (Wrong Again)
- Gunpowder (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow)
- Stormy (Great Adventures Of Wild Bill Hickok)
- Sunshine (Western Trails)
- Napoleon (The Black Stallion)
- Altair (Ben-Hur)
- Beric (Knights of the Round Table)
- Tornado (Zorro)
- Tolo (The Long Shot)
- Phantom (Trigger Junior)
- Spirit (Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron)
- Shadowfax (Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of the Ring)
- Big John (For Richer or Poorer)
- Crazy Alice (Cowboys)
- Dynamite (Zorro)
- Checkers (Moondance Alexander)
- Black Beauty (Black Beauty)
- Aldebaran (Ben-Hur)
- Pal (Law Of The Ranger)
- Samson (Sleeping Beauty)
- Diablo (Cisco Kid)
- Don (Hot to Trot)
- Sweetheart (Stagecoach)
- Sugar (These Thousand Hills)
- Sunfish (Bucking Broncho)
- Angus (Brave)
- Zane (Billy The Kid In Texas)
- Copper (Eddie Dean)
- Sheik (Panamint’s Bad Man)
- Chico (Land Of Wanted Men)
- Phillip (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)
- Hidalgo (Hidalgo)
- Achilles (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
- Rusty (Dynamite Canyon)
- Taff/Bo (Ride a Wild Pony)
- Pepper (Two Bits and Pepper)
- Rigel (Ben-Hur)
- Bucephalus (The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and Alexander)
- Zip Cochise (El Dorado)
- Cactus (Sheriff Of Cimarron)
- Chub (Bonanza)
- Pardner (Battling Buddy)
- Tex (The Legend Of The Lone Ranger)
- Bad Horse (Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog)
- Old Dollar (The Shootist)
- Duke (Ride Him Cowboy)
- Tumbleweed (Tumbleweed)
- Ollie (Maverick)
- Mr. Ed (Mr. Ed)
- Cisco (Dances with Wolves)
- Lightning (Western Heritage)
- Old Speed (Goin’ South)
- Pilgrim (The Horse Whisperer)
- Denny (The Man From Snowy River)
- Dice (Duel In The Sun)
- Buster (Bronco Billy)
- Sonny (My Outlaw Brother)
- Khartoum (The Godfather)
- Captain (101 dalmatians)
- Cochise (El Dorado)
- Maximus (Tangled)
- Gypsy (Gypsy Colt)
- Little Champ (Beyond The Purple Hills)
- Seabiscuit (Seabiscuit)
- Flash (Flash)
- Bad Jim (Bad Jim)
- Ginger (Black Beauty)
- Flicka (Flicka)
- Artax (The NeverEnding Story)
- Smokey (Moonlight On The Prairie)
- Sprout (The Parent Trap)
- Nurah and Thebes (The Ten Commandments)
- Concorde (Monty Python and the Holy Grail)
- Sylvester (Sylvester)
- Goldie (Concentratin’ Kid)
- Taco (Riders Of The Range)
- Bear (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman)
- Oliver Hardy (Flying Deuces)
- Senator (Ranchers And Rascals)
- Beau (True Grit)
- Frou-Frou (The Aristocats)
- Bullseye (Toy Story)
Famous Western Horse Names
- Tony (Tom Mix)
- Goldie (Hoot Gibson)
- Dynamite (Zorro)
- Amigo (Peter Brown)
- Gipsy (Martin Kiss)
- Phantom (Roy Rogers)
- Silver Cloud (Hardy Murphy)
- Allen’s Gold Zepher (Roy Rogers)
- Starlight (Tim Mccoy)
- Rusty (Tom Keene)
- Banner (John Wayne)
- Ollie (Maverick)
- Ponca (Tom Mix)
- Pal (Bob Allen)
- El Loaner (James Garner)
- Tony Ii (Tom Mix)
- Sunfish (Lee Martin)
- Pardner (Buddy Roosevelt)
- Copper (Eddie Dean)
- Duke (John Wayne)
- Red Buck (Emmett Dalton)
- Silver (Buck Jones)
- Loco (Pancho)
- Old Speed (Jack Nicholson)
- Pete (Gary Cooper)
- Paint (The Lone Ranger)
- Sunshine(Bill Patton)
- Tumbleweed (Audie Murphy)
- Scar (James Stewart)
- Silver (The Lone Ranger)
- Old Blue (Tom Mix)
- Topper (Hopalong Cassidy)
- Smokey (Dick Foran)
- Cactus (Sunset Carson)
- Silver Bullet (Whip Wilson)
- Flash (Eddie Dean)
- Crazy Alice (Cowboys (1972)
- Buster (Clint Eastwood)
- Tornado (Zorro)
- Stormy (Wild Bill Elliott)
- Knight (Rod Cameron)
- Red Fox (Jesse James)
- Feather (Allan Lane)
- Tony Junior (Tom Mix)
- Phantom (Guy Williams)
- Koko (Rex Allen)
- Trigger Junior (Roy Rogers)
- Little Trigger (Roy Rogers)
- Falcon (Buster Crabbe)
- Old Dollar (John Wayne)
- White Feller (Tonto)
- White Flash (Tex Ritter)
- Bingo (Don Durant)
- Senator (Leo Maloney)
- Tex (Daniel Reed)
- Traveler (Robert Fulle)
- Scout (Jack Hoxie)
- Smoky (Lee Marvin)
- Raider (Charles Starrett)
- Chico (Bill Cody)
- Lightning (Tim Holt)
- Champion (Gene Autry)
- Comanche (Tom Mix)
- Zip Cochise (John Wayne)
- Sugar (Don Murray)
- Apache (Lash Larue)
- Tonka (Sal Mineo)
- Goodeye(Nat Love)
- Pie (James Stewart)
- Sheik (Smith Ballew)
- Candy (David Carradine)
- Sunny (Harry Carey)
- Target (Annie Oakley)
- Apache (Bob Baker)
- Dice (Gregory Peck)
- Taco (Chito Rafferty)
- Old Thunder (Gregory Peck)
- Thunderhead (Mary O’hara)
- Stardust (Gene Barry)
- Sweetheart (Stagecoach)
- Trigger (Roy Rogers)
- Thunderbolt (Johnny West)
- Black Jack (Allan Rocky Lane)
- Mesquite (Allan Rocky Lane)
- Whiskey (Kirk Douglas)
- Little Champ (Gene Autry)
- Apache (Tom Mix)
- Bad Jim (Billy The Kid)
- Sonny (Wild Bill Elliott)
- Zane(Bob Steele)
- Diablo (Cisco Kid)
- Buttermilk (Dale Evans)
- Henry (John Wayne)
Famous War Horse Names
- Sergeant Reckless (Decorated war horse who held official rank in the United States military)
- Marengo (Napoleon Bonaparte)
- Palomo (Simon Bolivar)
- Comanche (Captain Myles Keogh of the 7th Cavalry)
- Traveller (General Robert E. Lee)
- Smiler (Theon Greyjoy’s warhorse from “A Song of Ice and Fire”)
- Chetak (King Maharana Pratap)
- Bucephalus (Alexander the Great)
- Copenhagen (Lord Arthur Wellesly)
- Topthorn (War Horse by Michael Morpurgo)
- Altivo (Cortez’s warhorse from DreamWorks’ The Road to El Dorado)
- Joey (“War Horse” by Michael Morpurgo)
- Kasztanka (Marshal Jozef Pilsudski)
- Stranger (Sandor Clegane’s warhorse from “A Song of Ice and Fire”)
- Argo (from “Xena: Warrior Princess”)
- Tencendur (Charlemagne’s warhorse in “The Song of Roland”)
- Cincinnati (General Ulysses S. Grant)
- Dora (A war horse of Đurađ Senković)
- Favorito (The personal horse of Charles Albert of Savoy, King of Sardinia)
- Blueskin (Washington’s horse during the American Revolutionary War)
- Black Jack (The last Quartermaster-issued U.S. Army horse)
- Nelson (Washington’s horse during the American Revolutionary War)
- Babieca (Horse of El Cid)
Horses in Literature
- Black Beauty (“Black Beauty” by Anna Sewell)
- Figure (Justin Morgan Had a Horse)
- Oberon (The Mystery of Pony Hallow)
- The Phantom (Misty of Chincoteague)
- The Black (The Black Stallion)
- Glory (from Gene Markey’s short story)
- Boxer, Mollie, and Clover (from “Animal Farm” by George Orwell)
- Pollux (The Dark Is Rising Sequence)
- Monarch (from Jodie’s Journey)
- Glue-Boy (Dark Tower series by Stephen King)
- Jim (Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz)
- Ferd (This is Reality)
- Pilgrim (The Horse Whisperer)
- Snowfire (from Christopher Paolini’s “Eragon”)
- Shadowfax (Lord of the Rings)
- Cadoc (Eragon)
- Greatheart (from Robin McKinley’s novel “Beauty”)
- Fury (from John Steinbeck’s novel “The Red Pony”)
- Guido (a Pegasus from Rick Riordan’s “Percy Jackson”)
- Trojan Horse (Homer’s The Odyssey)
- Angharrad (Chaos Walking trilogy)
- Bless (Narcissus and Goldmund)
- Pips (Wheel of Time)
- Blessing (“The Secret Horse” by Gina Bertaina)
- Black Boy and Rapide (ponies from the series by Ruby Ferguson)
- Acorn (Chaos Walking series)
- Ginger (“Black Beauty” by Anna Sewell)
- Bronze (Creatures of Light and Darkness)
- Faran (The Elenium and The Tamuli)
- Flame (The Black Stallion series)
- Artax (The Neverending Story)
- Bela (The Wheel of Time series)
- Moonlight (the horse in the Song of the Lioness quartet by Tamora Pierce)
- Sam and David (Little House on the Prairie)
- Sunchaser (The Unicorns Of Balinor)
- Kate and Bill (Laura Ingalls Wilder’s The First Four Years)
- Stayer and Stepper (The Wheel of Time series)
- Pied Piper (Misty of Chincoteague)
- Black Gold (from “Black Gold” by Marguerite Henry)
- Athansor (A Winter’s Tale)
- Binky (Discworld novels)
- Nara (The Dark Horse series by Mary H. Herbert)
- Persephone (House of Night)
- Thowra (Silver Brumby)
- Capilet (William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”)
- Sunfire (Ravenheart and Sorrowheart)
- Sunstorm (Ashleigh’s Hope)
- Secret (Gina Bertaina’s “The Secret Horse”)
- Whinney, Racer and Grey (from the Earth’s Children books)
- Smiler (warhorse from “A Song of Ice and Fire”)
- Joey (“War Horse” by Michael Morpurgo)
- Florian (Florian, the Emperor’s Horse)
- Silver Blaze (from the Sherlock Holmes stories)
- Lukas (in the Emil i Lönneberga series by Astrid Lindgren)
- Tencendur (warhorse in “The Song of Roland”)
- Trotsky (from the books by Betty MacDonald)
- Tug (a small horse/pony in the Ranger’s Apprentice series)
- Nana (the racehorse from novel “Nana”)
- Gypsy (Gypsy from Nowhere)
- Pylon (the Dark Tower series by Stephen King)
- Sham (King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry)
- Highboy (My Friend Flicka)
- Azarax (The Byerley Turk)
- Blaze (children’s books by Clarence William Anderson)
- Stranger (warhorse from “A Song of Ice and Fire”)
- Talat (The Hero and the Crown)
- Dagobaz (The Far Pavilions)
- Merrylegs (“Black Beauty” by Anna Sewell)
- Rusher (the Dark Tower series by Stephen King)
- Abelard (Ranger’s Apprentice series)
- Azul (the Blue Horse, from “The Alchemical Horseman”)
- Alfonso (Pippi Longstocking series)
- Tornac (from Christopher Paolini’s Eragon)
- Bess and Beauty (Farmer Boy)
- Napoleon (The Black Stallion)
- Cloud (the pony in “The Immortals quartet”)
- Miramis (from Astrid Lindgren’s book “Mio, My Son”)
- Blackjack (Percy Jackson series)
- Stormy (Stormy, Misty’s Foal by Marguerite Henry)
- The Pie (National Velvet by Enid Bagnold)
- Fru-Fru (“Anna Karenina” by Leo Tolstoy)
- Porkpie (Percy Jackson)
- Smoky (Smoky the Cow Horse)
- Prince and Lady (Little House books)
- Whirlwind (“Shadow Horse” by Alison Hart)
- Scipio (Heroes of Olympus series)
- Castor (The Dark Is Rising Sequence)
- Flicka (My Friend Flicka)
- Stardust (Ashleigh’s Hope)
- Thunderhead (son of Flicka in the book by Mary O’Hara)
- Pildarlick (Valley of Wild Horses)
- Barnum and Skip (Little House books)
- Gunpowder (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow)
- Morgenstern (“Chronicles of Amber” by Roger Zelazny)
- Peachblossom (Protector of the Small quartet by Tamora Pierce)
- Lark (The Berserker’s Horse by Lisa Maxwell)
- Arondel (Middle English romance “Bevis of Hampton”)
- Rocinante (Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes)
- Starlight (Farmer Boy)
- Rocket (My Friend Flicka)
- Banner (My Friend Flicka)
Famous Cartoon Horses
- Samson (Disney’s Sleeping Beauty)
- Buck (Home on the Range)
- Lightning (Dinozaurs: The Series)
- Khan (from Disney’s Mulan)
- Cyril Proudbottom (Disney’s The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad)
- Deablo the Horse (from “Johnny Bravo”)
- Ponycorn (from Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden)
- Major (Cinderella)
- Chet (The Littlest Pet Shop)
- Phillipe, Belle (Disney’s Beauty and the Beast)
- De Royal, Double Eight, Chestnut, Mikagehomare, Miyako, and Rosanna (from “Silver Spoon”)
- Angus (Disney’s Brave)
- Captain (Disney’s 101 Dalmatians)
- Spirit (Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron)
- Princess (The Simpsons)
- Majesty (Barbie & Her Sisters in A Pony Tale)
- Mr. Horse (from “Ren and Stimpy”)
- Maximus (Disney’s Tangled)
- Sugarfoot (a Walter Lantz cartoon)
- Altivo (DreamWorks’ The Road to El Dorado)
- Donny the White Horse (The Powerpuff Girls)
- Starlight and Skydancer (from “Rainbow Brite”)
- Frou-Frou (from “Aristocats”)
- Rain (Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron)
- Bullseye (Toy Story 2)
- James Baxter (from “Adventure Time”)
- Yato (from Legend of Basara)
- BoJack Horseman (BoJack Horseman)
- Bucephalus (Reign: The Conqueror)
- Achilles (Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
Famous White Horse Names
- Shadowfax (Lord of the Rings)
- Billy (The white horse, saviour of the 1923 FA Cup Final)
- Milton (A successful showjumping horse ridden by John Whitaker)
- Marengo (Napoleon’s horse)
- White Flash (The horse ridden by Tex Ritter in his western movies)
- Raider (Durango Kid’s horse)
- Topper (Hopalong Cassidy’s Horse)
- Phantom (Zorro’s white horse in the Disney series “Zorro”)
- Palomo (Simón Bolívar’s horse)
- Desert Orchid (Dessie) – famous English racehorse
- Falcon (Buster Crabbe’s horse)
- Pegasus (A mythical winged divine stallion)
Famous Black Horse Names
- Goliath
- Morgan
- Smoky
- Trojan
- Rival
- Guido
- Sefton
- Skydancer
- Rocinante
- Night Nurse
- Figaro
- Florian
- Sylvester
- Felix
- Bucephalus
- Morgenstern
- Bree
- Columbus
- Pollux
- Gunpowder
- Blaze
- Sea the Stars
- Eclipse
- Flicka
- Sceptre
- Black Widow
- Poacher
- Midnight Sun
- Tornado
- Rusher
- Fury
- Boomerang
- Warrior
- Misty
- Byerley Turk
- Nana
- Rocket
- Lark
- Pirata
- Fru- Fru
- Cornishman
- Flame
- Thunderhead
- Black Gold
- Mill Reef
- Black Jack
- Black Bess
- Black Hawk
- Black Beauty
- Gypsy
- Burmese
- Cherry
- Monarch
- Arion
- Pips
- Ruffian
- Dawn Run
- Top Moon
- Black Stallion
- The Black
- Arkel
- Pie
- Merrylega
- Stormy
- Blessing
- Nara
- Napoleon
- Pylon
- Boxer
- Sham
- Joey
- Moonlight