List of fictional horses

Horses in mythology

• Arion, an immortal, extremely swift horse
• Arvak and Alsvid pulled Sol's chariot
• Baku, horse-bodied dream-eaters
• Balius and Xanthos, Achilles' horses
• Centaur, part human, part horse
• Dyaus Pita, the Sky Father, who appears as a horse
• Embarr, Niamh's horse
• Epona, Gaulish horse goddess
• Gandharva, male nature spirits, usually part horse
• Gringolet, Sir Gawain's horse
• Gulltoppr, the horse of Heimdallr in Norse mythology
• Hengroen, King Arthur's horse
• Hippocampus, a mythical seahorse that pulled Poseidon's chariot
• Llamrei, King Arthur's mare
• Hofvarpnir, horse of the goddess Gna in Norse mythology
• the Mares of Diomedes, which fed on human flesh
• Pegasus, a winged horse
• Rhaebus, the horse of Mezentius in Roman mythology
• the Sileni, a half-man, half-horse race in Greek mythology
• the Trojan Horse
• Skinfaxi, Dagur's horse
• Sleipnir, Odin's eight-legged horse
• Unicorns, a species of horned horse
• Widow-Maker, mythical cowboy Pecos Bill's horse

Horses in literature

• Arod, Legolas's horse in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
• Artax, Atreyu's horse in Michael Ende's The Neverending Story
• Asfaloth, Glorfindel's horse, from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
• Barnum and Skip, the Wilders' driving team of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books and The First Four Years
• Bill the Pony, owned by the Hobbits in The Lord of the Rings
• Binky, ridden by Death in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels
• Black Beauty, from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
• Black Bess, Dick Turpin's horse
• The Black, from a series of 21 books by Walter Farley beginning with The Black Stallion (1941)
• Blaze, from a series of children's books by C.W. Anderson, beginning with Billy and Blaze (1936)
• Boxer, from Animal Farm by George Orwell
• Breehy-hinny-brinny-hoohy-hah ("Bree" for short), from The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
• Bumpkin, Merry Brandybuck's horse in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
• Comet, Supergirl's pet horse.
• Many 'Companions', which are human spirits reincarnated in the form of white horses in Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series of books
• Condor, the mount of Green Rider Karigan G'ladheon in Kristen Britain's Green Rider series of books
• De Lü, the mount of Chinese warlord Liu Bei in the Romance of Three Kingdoms
• Faran, Sparhawk's horse in David Eddings' series The Elenium and The Tamuli
• Fatty Lumpkin, horse owned by Tom Bombadil in The Lord of the Rings
• Firefoot, horse owned by Éomer in The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
• Flame, from The Black Stallion series
• Flicka, from My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara
• Florian, from Felix Salten's novel "Florian, the Emperor's Horse"
• Fru-Fru, from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
• the Houyhnhnms, a race of intelligent and cultured horses in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
• The Golden Ass, 2nd century AD Roman novel in Latin
• Hasufel, Aragorn's horse in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
• Hwin, from The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
• Captain Jinks' horse, of the Horse Marines, fed on corn and beans in the nursery rhyme
• Jolly Jumper, Lucky Luke's horse and friend in Lucky Luke
• Kate and Bill, the Wilders' work horses of Laura Ingalls Wilder's The First Four Years
• Lark, from The Berserker's Horse by Lisa Maxwell
• Miramis with the golden mane and hooves of gold from Astrid Lindgren's book Mio, my Mio
• Misty of Chincoteague, a real pony made famous by Marguerite Henry's children's book of the same name
• Nara, a Hunnuli or magical horse, from The Dark Horse series by Mary H. Herbert
• The Pie, from National Velvet by Enid Bagnold
• Prince and Lady, Almanzo Wilder's Morgan horse driving team of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books
• Rocinante, from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
• Red Hare, the mount of L� Bu and Guan Yu in the Chinese epic Romance of Three Kingdoms
• Šarac or Sharkolia, horse of Prince Marko
• Roheryn, horse owned by Aragorn in J. R. R. Tolkien'sThe Lord of the Rings
• Sam and David, the Ingalls family work horses of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books
• Satan, from The Black Stallion series
• Shadowfax, Gandalf's horse from The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
• Sharp-ears, horse owned by Merry Brandybuck from The Lord of the Rings
• Silver Blaze, eponymous hero of a Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle
• Snowfire, a white horse from "Eragon" by Christopher Paolini
• Snowmane, horse owned by King Théoden from The Lord of the Rings
• Strider, pony owned by Frodo Baggins from The Lord of the Rings
• Stybba, pony owned by Merry Brandybuck of The Lord of the Rings
• Swish-tail, pony owned by Merry Brandybuck of The Lord of the Rings
• Thestrals, winged horses in the Harry Potter series of novels
• Trixie and Fly, and colts Kelpie and Susan, the Wilders' riding ponies of Laura Ingalls Wilder's The First Four Years
• The Little Humpbacked Horse, from eponymous Russian tale
• White-socks, pony owned by Merry Brandybuck of The Lord of the Rings
• Windfola, horse of Dernhelm ridden by Éowyn from The Lord of the Rings
• Wise-nose, pony owned by Merry Brandybuck of The Lord of the Rings
• The Ghost Mare, in the book of the same name by David Grew 1949
• Bella, A mare own by Rand al'Thor, given to Egwene al'Vere in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time.
• Mandarb, or Blade in the old tongue; a warhorse own by al'Lan Mandragoran in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time.

Horses in film

• Black Beauty in Black Beauty
• Buttermilk, Dale Evans' horse
• Concorde, the mount of Sir Lancelot in Monty Python and the Holy Grail (not a real horse, but a page banging coconuts together)
• Gunpowder, Constable Ichabod Crane's horse in the film The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
• Hidalgo, from the movie of the same name (disputed)
• Khartoum, the horse in The Godfather
• Velvet Brown's horse Pie in National Velvet, and a bunch of other horses
• Trigger, Roy Rogers' horse
• Various horses in The Man From Snowy River

Horses in television

• Argo, from Xena: Warrior Princess
• Black Beauty, from The Adventures of Black Beauty, loosely based on the novel (see above)
• Champion the Wonder Horse, the eponymous hero of a 1950s television series
• Duncan, also known as Furious D, from The Simpsons
• Edmund, Aunt Manya's imaginary pony, from Seinfeld
• Mr. Ed, eponymous horse of the CBS series from 1961-1966
• Esquilax, in The Simpsons
• Fury, the eponymous black stallion of the 1950s TV series
• Hercules, Steptoe and Son's horse
• Lasty, Futurama
• Pie-O-My, Ralph Cifaretto's horse from Episodes 44 and 48 of Season 4 of The Sopranos
• Pokey, the horse from The Gumby Show
• Pony Puff Princess, Dee Dee's idol in Dexter's Laboratory
• Princess, Lisa's horse in The Simpsons
• Quick Draw McGraw, of Hanna-Barbera's cartoon series
• Scout, Tonto's horse
• Silver, the Lone Ranger's horse
• Sophie, Colonal Potter's horse on M*A*S*H (TV series)
• Tornado, Zorro's horse
• The White Horses, the eponymous horses in the Yugoslav childen's series, seen in an English dubbed version in the late 1960s/early 1970s.

Horses in animation

• Spirit Who Could Not Be Broken, the stallion from Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, who remains nameless until the end of the film
• Horace Horsecollar
• Khan, a horse from Disney's Mulan
• Philip, a horse from Disney's Beauty and the Beast
• Noble Heart Horse, a Care Bears Cousin from the Care Bears television series and films
• Catherine, Link's horse in the Legend of Zelda animated series
• Achilles, horse of Captain Phoebus in Disney's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"
• Altivo, Cortez's warhorse from Dreamwork's "Road To El Dorado"
• "Horse", Dudley Do-Right's horse
• Kokuō, Raō's giant horse from Fist of the North Star

Horses in song

• Becky, the horse from Carl Perkins' "Movie Magg"
• Chestnut Mare, the eponymous horse in the song by The Byrds
• Feitlebaum, the racehorse who always finishes first (even in a car race) in songs by Doodles Weaver (performed with Spike Jones and his City Slickers)
• Henry the Horse, the waltzing horse from The Beatles' "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite" (based on a real horse called Zanthus, from Pablo Fanque's Circus Royal)
• The Horse with No Name, the eponymous horse in the song by America (assuming a nameless horse can be eponymous)
• Mac, from Mason Profitt's "Two Hangmen"
• The Old Gray Mare, the eponymous horse in the song of the same name
• The Tennessee Stud, the eponymous horse in the song written by Jimmy Driftwood
• Trigger, the horse who pulled the fastest milkcart in the West in Benny Hill's "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)"
• Wildfire, the eponymous horse in the song by Michael Murphy

Horses in video games

• Epona became Link's horse in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, as well as the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
• Old Gary, the rotten old horse from Peasant's Quest
• Agro was the Wanderer's horse in Shadow of the Colossus
• Smith, Iolo's horse in Ultima series, who talks and can give clues for the previous part in the series.

See also

• List of historical horses
• List of fictional animals