Famous Horses in History and Television

Famous Military Horses

Babieca, horse of El Cid
Black Jack, the last Quartermaster-issued U.S. Army horse, died
February 6, 1976.
Blueskin, one of General Washington's horses.
Bucephalus, Alexander the Great's horse.
Cincinnati, one of Ulysses S. Grant's horses.
Comanche, only survivor of the Battle of Little Big Horn.
Copenhagen, the Duke of Wellington's favorite horse, which he
rode at the Battle of Waterloo.
Ellen Edenberg, one of General Washington's horses at Valley
Forge.
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 Lützen.
Traveller, Robert E. Lee's Morgan horse.


Horses of various other fames

Barnum and Skip, the Wilders' driving team of Laura Ingalls
Wilder's Little House books and The First Four Years
Buttermilk, Dale Evans' horse
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
Justin Morgan, sire of the Morgan horse breed
Kate and Bill, the Wilders' work horses of Laura Ingalls Wilder's
The First Four Years
King, foundation sire of the quarter horse.
Prince and Lady, Almanzo Wilder's Morgan horse driving team of
Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books
Prometea, clone
Red Buck, the horse of Emmett Dalton
Red Fox, a horse of Jesse James
Sam and David, the Ingalls family work horses of Laura Ingalls
Wilder's Little House books
Trixie and Fly, and colts Kelpie and Susan, the Wilders' riding
ponies of Laura Ingalls Wilder's The First Four Years
Silver - "Hi Yo Silver, Away!" : The Lone Ranger
Sportsman, John Mytton's horse, died when forced to drink a
bottle of port wine.
Tarzan, white stallion of actor Ken Maynard
Tomboy, Stuart Hamblein's horse
Tony, horse of actor Tom Mix
Trigger, Roy Rogers' "Golden Palomino"