List of historical horses - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of historical horses
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[edit ] Race horses
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
Aristides , winner of the first Kentucky Derby
Arkle , reckoned the greatest steeplechaser of all time
Arko
Assault , U.S. Triple Crown winner (1946)
Barbaro , 2006 Kentucky Derby winner
Best Mate , 2002, 2003 and 2004 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, often given title 'Greatest Steeplechaser' since Arkle, and an equal to him
Carbine , two-time winner of the Melbourne Cup
Cigar , a great champion in the 1990s
Citation , U.S. Triple Crown winner (1948)
Dan Patch , America's greatest pacer
Dance Smartly , Breeders' Cup champion
Dawn Run , great racemare and the only horse ever to complete Champion Hurdle, Cheltenham Gold Cup double
Desert Gold , won 19 times in a row during WWI
Desert Orchid , won King George four times and Cheltenham Gold Cup, beautiful grey
Eclipse , celebrated 18th century racehorse that won 18 races in 18 starts
Exterminator exceedingly popular, "iron horse" of American racing history
Funny Cide , first New York bred and first gelding since Clyde Van Dusen to win the Kentucky Derby
Genuine Risk , the second filly to win the Kentucky Derby (1980)
Gloaming
Goldsmith Maid, famous harness racing mare of the 19th century
John Henry , grand old man of racing
Kelso , only five-time winner of U.S. Horse of the Year
Kindergarten , weighted more than Phar Lap in the Melbourne Cup
Kingston Town
Kissin George
La Troienne , most important broodmare of the Twentieth Century
Lexington , America 's leading 19th Century sire
Longfellow , 19th century 's great runner and great stallion
Lottery , winner of the Grand National steeplechase in 1839
Makybe Diva , won Melbourne Cup three successive times
Man o' War , often considered America's greatest racehorse; won 20 of 21 career starts
Might and Power
Montrose
Nijinsky II , last horse to win the English Triple Crown (1970)
Northerly
Northern Dancer
Precious Bunny
Phar Lap , New Zealand/Australia's most famed racehorse; won 37 of 51 career starts
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)
Regret , the first filly to win the Kentucky Derby (1915)
Rock Sand , English Triple Crown winner (1903) and sire of the dam of Man o' War
Ruffian , the great filly champion who won every race she started until her final (and fatal) race
Seattle Slew , U.S. Triple Crown winner (1977)
Seabiscuit
Secretariat , U.S. Triple Crown winner (1973)
Shergar , the kidnapped winner of the 1981 Epsom Derby
Silky Sullivan , arguably the fastest closer of all time
Smarty Jones
Spectacular Bid
Steel Dust, 19th Century quarter-mile racing horse
Skewball , (sometimes called "Stewball") immortalized in 18th century poetry as a sku-ball winning against a thoroughbred
War Admiral
Winning Colors , the third (and currently last) filly to win the Kentucky Derby (1988)
[edit ] Competition horses
[edit ] Military horses
Babieca , horse of El Cid
Black Jack , the last Quartermaster-issued U.S. Army horse, died February 6 , 1976
Blackie, belonged to Chief Sitting Bull
Blueskin, one of General Washington 's horses
Bucephalus , Alexander the Great 's horse
Cincinnati, one of Ulysses S. Grant 's horses
Comanche , only documented survivor of General Custer's 7th Cavalry detachment at the Battle of Little Big Horn
Copenhagen, the Duke of Wellington 's favourite horse, which he rode at the Battle of Waterloo
Gazala, horse of Baldwin I of Jerusalem
Kasztanka , horse of Józef Piłsudski , likely the most famous Polish horse
Little Sorrel, Stonewall Jackson 's horse
Magnolia, one of General Washington 's horses
Marengo , Napoleon's horse which was captured by the British, and outlived Napoleon by eight years
(Old) Nelson, one of General Washington 's horses
Palomo, the main horse of Simon Bolivar
Red Hare , also known as Chitu, was Lü Bu 's horse from the Three Kingdoms ; inspired the phrase "Among men: Lü Bu. Among horses: Red Hare."
Shadowless, the personal steed of Cao Cao
Dilu, the personal steed of Liu Bei which was said to have a hex and marking on his face which would bring misfortune upon its rider
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 horse
Chetak , war horse of Rana Pratap of Mewar in India
Llamrei, steed of King Arthur
Kitty, horse belonging to Marshal of Finland Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
[edit ] Horses of various other fames
Black Bess , highwayman Dick Turpin 's horse
Burmese , the favourite mount of Queen Elizabeth II , which was a gift from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police , and the only horse Her Majesty ever rode for the Trooping the Colour ceremony
Buttermilk , Dale Evans ' horse
Champion, Gene Autrey 's horse
Diablo, The Cisco Kid 's horse
Clever Hans , a smart horse
Cloud, the 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
Gun Rock , the offspring of Man O' War used in the 1920's at UC Davis to breed horses for the U.S. Army Cavalry
Halla, the famed show jumping champion, with two world championships (1954 and 1955) and three Olympic gold medals (1956 and 1960)
Hollywood Dun It, the all-time leading reining sire and Quarter Horse
Huaso , Chilean bred horse, holder of the high jump world record set in Chile in february 5 of 1949, one of the world's longest unbroken sport records.
Incitatus , Emperor Caligula 's favorite horse, may have been made a Senator
Jim Key, "Smartest Horse in the World," a star attraction at 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis
Jim , a former milk cart horse used to produce diphtheria antitoxin; contamination of this antitoxin inspired the Biologics Control Act of 1902
Justin Morgan , the sire of the Morgan horse breed
King , foundation sire of the Quarter Horse
Papoose, Little Beaver 's horse Red Ryder's Navajo Ward Sidekick
Prince and Lady, Almanzo Wilder's Morgan horse driving team of Laura Ingalls Wilder 's Little House books
Prometea , born May 28, 2003, the first cloned horse and the first to be born from and carried by its cloning mother
Red Buck, the horse of Emmett Dalton
Red Fox, a horse of Jesse James
Rocinante , Don Quixote 's horse
Sampson , the tallest horse ever recorded; he was a Shire and stood 21.2½ hands high
Scout, Tonto 's horse
Silver , The Lone Ranger 's horse
Sportsman, John Mytton 's horse, died when forced to drink a bottle of port wine
Tarzan, white stallion of actor Ken Maynard
Thunder, Red Ryder 's horse
Tony, horse of actor Tom Mix
Chetak, horse of Rana Pratap Rana Pratap
Trigger , Roy Rogers ' Palomino
Brown Beauty, the horse Paul Revere borrowed for his famous ride.
Muhamed , the German horse capable of solving cubic roots.
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