List of historical horses

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1 Soldiers' 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 Lützen
Traveller, General Lee's horse.

Abercrombie
Adios
Adios Butler, famous harness-racer
Affirmed, last horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown (1978).
Albatross
All Along
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.
Cigar, a great champion in the 1990s.
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.
Seattle Slew, Triple Crown winner in 1977.
Seabiscuit
Secretariat, Triple Crown winner of 1973.
Shergar, the kidnapped winner of the 1981 Epsom Derby.
Smarty Jones
Steel Dust , 19th Century quarter-mile racing horse.
War Admiral

CHETAK , The famous war horse of KATHIAWARI breed owned by Maharana Pratap of Udaipur & Chitod, in INDIA

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
King , foundation sire of the quarter horse.
Prometea, clone
Silver - "Hi Yo Silver, Away!" : The Lone Ranger
Sportsman, John Mytton's horse, died when forced to drink a bottle of port wine.
Trigger, Roy Rogers' "Golden Palomino"