A list of equines from fiction
This is a list of equines as fictional subjects, including horses , ponies , donkeys , mules , and zebras . This list excludes fantasy creatures such as centaurs , unicorns , and pegasus , and horses in mythology and folklore .
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Literature
Acorn, Davy's horse in the Chaos Walking Patrick Ness
Albino, from Thunderhead Mary O'Hara
Arondel, Bevis's horse in the Middle English romance Bevis of Hampton
Arroch, Sindarin for 'noble horse', ridden into battle by Húrin in The Children of Húrin J.R.R Tolkien
Artax, Atreyu 's horse in Michael Ende 's The Neverending Story
Asfaloth, Glorfindel 's horse in The Lord of the Rings J.R.R Tolkien
Athansor, ridden by Peter Lake in Mark Helprin 's A Winter's Tale
Bayard , a magic bay horse in the legends derived from the medieval chansons de geste Binky , ridden by Death in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld Black Beauty, from Black Beauty Anna Sewell
Black Boy and Rapide, Jill Crewe's ponies from the series by Ruby Ferguson (in later editions, "Black Boy" became "Best Boy")
Black Gold, from Black Gold by Marguerite Henry
The Black (Stallion), from a series of 21 books by Walter Farley beginning with The Black Stallion
Blaze, from a series of children's books by Clarence William Anderson , beginning with Billy and Blaze
Blessing, Celeste's first horse in The Secret Horse by Gina Bertaina
Boxer , Mollie, and Clover, from Animal Farm George Orwell Bree Hee Hinny Brinny Hoohy Hah ("Bree"), from The Horse and His Boy C. S. Lewis Bucephalus , Alexander the Great's horse in Katherine Roberts' novel I Am the Great Horse Cloud, the pony owned by Veralidaine Sarrasri , and other ponies, in The Immortals Tamora Pierce
'Companions', which are human spirits reincarnated in the form of white horses in Mercedes Lackey 's Valdemar
Condor, the mount of Green Rider Karigan G'ladheon in Kristen Britain 's Green Rider
Dilu, the mount of Chinese warlord Liu Bei in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms Luo Guanzhong
Flame, from The Black Stallion
Flicka, from My Friend Flicka Mary O'Hara
Florian, from Felix Salten's novel Florian: The Emperor’s Stallion
Fru-Fru, from Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy
Fury, from the original story by Norman Krasna , 1936, made into a movie the same year
Gabilan, from John Steinbeck 's novel The Red Pony
Ginger, from Black Beauty Anna Sewell
Glue-Boy, Cuthbert Allgood's horse from the Dark Tower Stephen King
The "great horses" owned by Angus Morton in The Chrysalids mutants
Gunpowder, Ichabod Crane 's horse from "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow " by Washington Irving
Hatatitla, Old Shatterhand 's horse in Karl May 's Winnetou
Hell Bitch, from Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry
The Houyhnhnms , a race of intelligent and cultured horses in Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift
Hwin , from The Horse and His Boy C. S. Lewis Jim, cab-horse from Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz L. Frank Baum
Joey, from War Horse Michael Morpurgo
Kholstomer , from the story of the same name by Leo TolstoyLukas, in the Emil i Lönneberga Astrid Lindgren
March Malaen , from Celtic mythology .Merrylegs, from Black Beauty Anna Sewell
Miramis, with golden mane and hooves, from Astrid Lindgren 's book Mio, My Son
Misty of Chincoteague , a real pony made famous by Marguerite Henry 's children's book of the same nameMortis, Death's Steed (Death rides a pale horse). Mortis can transform into other modes of transportation,including a pale limousine with the license plate reading "Mortis". Mortis first appears in the book, On A Pale Horse Incarnations of Immortality series by Piers Anthony
Nana, the racehorse named for the eponymous heroine of Zola's novel Nana Grand Prix de Paris
Napoleon, from The Black Stallion
Peachblossom, the horse owned by Keladry in the Protector of the Small Tamora Pierce
Persephone from House of Night P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast
The Phantom, Misty's dam, Misty of Chincoteague
The Pie, from National Velvet Enid Bagnold
Pilgrim from The Horse Whisperer Nicholas Evans and the film based on it
The Ranyhyn, prescient and hyper-intelligent great horses in Steven Donaldson 's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
Red Hare , the mount of Lü Bu and Guan Yu in the Chinese epic Romance of the Three Kingdoms Rih, Kara Ben Nemsi 's horse in Karl May 's tales of the Orient
Roach, the name that Geralt of Rivia , from The Witcher Andrzej Sapkowski , gives to all his horses
Rochallor, Fingolfin's horse in The Silmarillion J.R.R Tolkien edited by Christopher Tolkien .
Rocinante , from Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes ; also the name of fictional horses in several other books and moviesSecret, from Gina Bertaina's The Secret Horse
Shadowfax, the horse ridden by Gandalf the White in J.R.R. Tolkien 's The Lord of the Rings
Sham from King of the Wind
Silver Blaze, from the Sherlock Holmes story The Adventure of Silver Blaze by Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Chess, the Knight Destrier, in Linda Medley 's Castle Waiting
Smiler, Theon Greyjoy 's warhorse from A Song of Ice and Fire George R. R. Martin
Smoky, from Smoky the Cow Horse
Snowmane, the horse of King Théoden which falls on and mortally wounds him during battle in The Lord of the Rings J.R.R Tolkien
Stardust, from Ashleigh's Hope by Joanna Campbell
Stayer and Stepper, Perrin's horses in The Wheel of Time
Stormy, from Stormy, Misty's Foal
Stranger, Sandor Clegane 's warhorse from A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin
Talat, Aerin's horse in The Hero and the Crown Robin McKinley
Tencendur, Charlemagne 's warhorse in The Song of Roland
Thowra, a creamy-silver stallion, the main character in Silver Brumby
Thunderhead, son of Flicka in the book by Mary O'Hara
Trotsky, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle 's horse in the books by Betty MacDonald
Tsornin (Sungold), Harry Crewe's horse in The Blue Sword Robin McKinley
Tug, Will's trained small horse/pony in the Ranger's Apprentice
Veillantif (also called Brigliadoro), Roland 's horse in the chansons de geste Whinney and her offspring, Racer and Grey, from the Earth's Children
Whirlwind from Shadow Horse by Alison Hart
Windfola, who carries both Éowyn and Merry Brandybuck in the charge of the Rohirrim on the Pelennor Fields in The Lord of the Rings J.R.R Tolkien
Wings, sire of Stormy, in Stormy, Misty's Foal Film
See also: Wonder Horses and List of films about horses
Aldebaran, Antares, Rigel and Altair from Ben-Hur
Arizona Pie, Sarah Brown's horse from International Velvet
April Love, from April Love
Artax, Atreyu's Horse from The NeverEnding Story
Bad Horse, from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Beau, from True Grit
Beric, Lancelot's horse, from Knights of the Round Table
Big John, from For Richer or Poorer
The Black Stallion, from The Black Stallion The Black Stallion Returns Cass Ole
The Young Black Stallion from The Young Black Stallion
Blue Boy, race horse from Laurel and Hardy 's 1929 comedy short, Wrong Again
Broadway Bill, from the 1934 film Broadway Bill , and its 1950 remake starring Bing Crosby Riding High
Bucephalus, from The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Alexander
Butch, a stallion residing on the Durango Ranch in Dr. Dolittle 3
Casey's Shadow, from Casey's Shadow
Checkers, from Moondance Alexander
Cisco, John Dunbar's buckskin gelding from Dances with Wolves
Cochise, the Appaloosa stallion ridden by John Wayne in the movie El Dorado
Conquistador, the General's horse stolen and rescued by Pablito from The Littlest Outlaw
Copper, one of the horses ridden by Eddie Dean in his films
Denny, the buckskin gelding of The Man From Snowy River The Man from Snowy River II
Diablo, the black and white pinto from the Cisco Kid
Dollar, the horse of John Wayne's character (John Bernard "J.B." Books) in The Shootist
Don, talking horse from Hot to Trot
Dover, race horse from My Fair Lady
Feldspur, Fiyero's horse in Wicked (2024 film)
Flash, from Flash
Flicka, from Flicka My Friend Flicka
Ginger, from Black Beauty
Goliath, from Ladyhawke
Gulliver, from The Horse Whisperer film of the same name
Gunpowder, Constable Ichabod Crane 's horse in the film The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Gypsy, Meggie MacWade's horse, which undertakes a 500-mile journey over treacherous terrain to be reunited with her in Gypsy Colt
Hidalgo, paint stallion from the movie of the same name (disputed)
The Horse of a Different Color, from The Wizard of Oz
Joey, from the movie War Horse
Little Blackie, from the John Wayne film True Grit
Lucky Number Slevin, from the movie of the same name
Khartoum, the ill-fated horse from The Godfather
Maximus, horse featured in the animated film Tangled
Napoleon, Snoe's gray cart horse and The Black's stable mate in the film The Black Stallion
Nurah and Thebes, the horses of Pharaoh Ramses from Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 The Ten Commandments
Pepper, from Two Bits & Pepper
Phillip, Edmund's horse from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Pie, Velvet Brown's horse from National Velvet
Pilgrim, troubled, injured horse from The Horse Whisperer book and movie
Sonny, Joe's horse in My Outlaw Brother
Spirit, buckskin stallion from Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Sprout, from The Parent Trap
Sylvester, from Sylvester
Taff/Bo, the main horse character in Disney's Ride a Wild Pony
Tír na nÓg from Into the West
Tolo, gelding from The Long Shot
Two Bits, from Two Bits & Pepper Television
Alípio, from puppet series Cocoricó
Amigo, Cordell Walker's horse in the TV series Walker, Texas Ranger
Argo, from Xena: Warrior Princess
Bandit, buckskin from Caitlin's Way
Belle, Anne Shirley's mare in Anne with an E
Birdie, a horse residing in Green Gables in Anne with an E
The Black Stallion in Adventures of the Black Stallion
Blue Jeans, Miley Stewart's horse in Hannah Montana
Buck, the buckskin horse of Ben Cartwright on the TV series Bonanza
Buck, the buckskin horse ridden by Trampas in the TV series The Virginian
Champion the Wonder Horse , the eponymous hero of a 1950s television seriesChestnut, from the TV series 2 Broke Girls
Chico, also his real name, Queen of Swords
Chub, Chubb, or Chubby, the horse of Hoss Cartwright on the Bonanza
Cochise, Little Joe's horse on the Bonanza
Cocoa, Nick Barkley's horse on The Big Valley
Domino, the pinto ridden by Bill Longley, played by Rory Calhoun in The Texan
Fury , the eponymous black stallion of the 1950s TV seriesGrace's Secret, Tommy's racehorse in Series 2 of Peaky Blinders
Hercules, Steptoe and Son
Joe D., the horse ridden by the Virginian in the TV series The Virginian
Katy, the paint mare belonging to The Kid from The Young Riders
Li'l Sebastian, the little horse beloved by Pawnee, Indiana in the sitcom Parks and Recreation
Lightning, Elsa Dutton's horse in 1883 (TV series)
Mister Ed , eponymous horse of the CBS series, 1961–1966.Meindert het Paard, a horse who is a character in the Dutch TV children's puppet series De Fabeltjeskrant
Pie-O-My , Ralph Cifaretto's horse from Episodes 44 and 48 of Season 4 of The Sopranos Phantom, Zorro's white horse in the Disney series Zorro
Pokey, the pony from The Gumby Show
Polka-Dotted Horse, Ludicrous Lion's horse from H.R. Pufnstuf
Ringo, the black horse with the white star ridden by Josh Randall in all but the first few episodes of the TV series Wanted Dead or Alive
Saddle Club horses from The Saddle Club Scout, Tonto 's horse
Silver, the Lone Ranger 's horse
Sophie, Colonel Potter 's horse on M*A*S*H
Spartan, Amy Fleming's horse from Heartland
Sport, the chestnut gelding of Adam Cartwright on the television series Bonanza
Superstar, the real name of the black horse who played James West's horse in the TV series The Wild Wild West
Tornado , Zorro 's black horseWildfire, from ABC Family's Wildfire Animation
Achilles, horse of Captain Phoebus in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Altivo, Cortez's warhorse from DreamWorks' The Road to El Dorado
Amadeus, Tina's Stallion in Bibi and Tina
Angus, horse of Merida in Disney's Brave
BoJack Horseman , the titular alcoholic celebrity horse in BoJack Horseman Bucephalus , demon-horse of Alexander the Great from Reign: The Conqueror Buck, the sheriff's horse from Home on the Range
Bullseye , Woody 's horse in Toy Story franchiseBurrito, a winged donkey that Gauchito finds in the Flying Gauchito segment of The Three Caballeros
Captain, the authoritative farm horse in Disney's 101 Dalmatians
Chet, from The Littlest Pet Shop
Cyril Proudbottom, Toad's helpful but clumsy horse friend in Disney's The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
De Royal, Double Eight, Chestnut, Mikagehomare, Miyako, and Rosanna from Silver Spoon
Deablo the Horse, from Johnny Bravo
Donny the White Horse, Bubbles' friend in the reboot of The Powerpuff Girls
Frou-Frou, from Aristocats
Fun Saiki, from Mobile Fighter G Gundam
Gallopin' Gals Horace Horsecollar from the Walt Disney cartoonsHorse, Dudley Do-Right's horse in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
Horse, from Centaurworld
Ico, from Ico, el Caballito valiente
James Baxter , from Adventure TimeKhan, the Fa family's horse from Disney's Mulan
Kokuoh, Raoh 's horse from Fist of the North Star
Lightning, from Dinozaurs: The Series
Majesty, from Barbie & Her Sisters in A Pony Tale
Major, from Cinderella (1950 film)
Maximus, the horse who pursued Flynn Rider in Disney's Tangled
Mr. Horse from Ren and Stimpy My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Noble Heart Horse, a Care Bears Cousin from the television series and films
Opal, in Ribon no Kishi
Phar Fignewton, Pinky's girlfriend on Animaniacs Pinky and the Brain
Phillipe , Belle and her father's horse from Disney's Beauty and the Beast Pony Puff Princess, Dee Dee's idol in Dexter's Laboratory
Ponycorn, from Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden
Ponygon and his parents, Kardio from Zatch Bell! Princess, Lisa's horse in The Simpsons
Quick Draw McGraw , of Hanna-Barbera 's cartoon seriesRain, the paint mare from Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Sabrina, Bibi's mare in Bibi and Tina
Sabure, in Tari Tari
Samson , Prince Phillip 's horse from Disney's Sleeping Beauty Spirit from She-Ra Spirit, the stallion from Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Starlight and Skydancer, from Rainbow Brite
Tempest, Princess Sissi 's horse from the show of the same name
Thirty/Thirty, the Equistroid Deputy of Marshal BraveStarr
Thowra, the Silver Brumby in The Silver Brumby
Yato, from Legend of Basara Comics
Alsan, from Red River
Arabesque, Blutch's horse in Les Tuniques Bleues
Basashi, from K -Memory of Red- K -Days of Blue-
Billy Boy, in Bamse by Rune Andréasson
Blue Horse and Brown Horse, two programmers from the web comic horse++
Brightwind, Danielle Moonstar 's winged steed in her role as a Valkyrie .
Butter Rum, Firestar ’s horse that dies in a stable fire secretly set by Emma Frost .
Comet , Supergirl 's pet horseGodasse, horse of the French soldier Godaille in the comics series Godaille et Godasse by Jacques Sandron.
Het Gouden Paard, a horse whose skin is gold. Appears in the Suske en Wiske Het Gouden Paard .
Hero, the fastest horse in the world; owned by The Phantom
Hirnu the pony, the protagonist of Hirnu , a Finnish comic strip by Joonas.
Hortense, Scrooge McDuck 's horse in The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck by Don Rosa
Jolly Jumper , Lucky Luke's horse and friend in Lucky Luke Kipper, the pony of Penelope in Penelope by Norman Thelwell .
Little Thunder, the personal pony of Yakari
Lucy, pet horse and special friend to Danae in Wiley Miller's Non Sequitur
Midori no Makibaō Nightmare, from Casper the Friendly Ghost
Rik Drie ("Rik Three"). A horse of Nero in the story "Het Geheim van Bakkendoen" ("The Secret of Bakkendoen"). It turns invisible due to a serum. Nero named him "Rik Three", because "he is even greater than Rik One and Rik Two" (Cyclist champions Rik Van Steenbergen and Rik Van Looy were popularly nicknamed "Rik One" and "Rik Two", because they were active around the same time.)
Rin Sohma in the form of a horse, from Fruits Basket
Het Rijmende Paard ("The Rhyming Horse"). He is the horse of Saint Martin of Tours on Antoon van Dyck 's famous painting. In the Suske en Wiske
Ruby. The horse of cowboy Jerry Spring .
Slow Dancer, fictional Appaloosa of Johnny Joestar from Steel Ball Run
Steve, the carthorse in Roland Davies' comic strip Come On, Steve .
Spark Plug. He is the horse of Barney Google .
Thunder. He is the horse of Red Ryder .
Troy. The family's horse in The Timbertoes . Song
Becky, the mule from Carl Perkins ' Movie Magg
Bottle of Smoke, the eponymous horse in the song by The Pogues
Chestnut Mare , the eponymous horse in the song by The Byrds Feitlebaum, the racehorse who always comes up from behind to finish first (even in a car race) in songs by Doodles Weaver (performed with Spike Jones and his City Slickers)
Galway Bay, the 'coal-black mare with a white starred chest' in the song "The Galway Farmer" by Steve Knightly of Show of Hands
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 horse in the eponymous song by America Leroy, the cowboy's horse in Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) by Big & Rich
Lisette, crazed horse in the song "Run Lisette" by Glass Hammer
Mac, from Mason Proffit 's "Two Hangmen"
Mighty Little from Frank Zappa 's "Montana"
Molly O'Brian and Tenbrooks, who raced in the song "The Ballad of Molly and Tenbrooks" written by Bill Monroe
The Old Gray Mare , the horse in the eponymous songPaul Revere, the horse from the song of the same name, Paul Revere Beastie Boys
Een paard in de gang , a horse which somehow ended up in neighbour Jansen's hallway. From the eponymous song by comedian André van Duin .Pinto the wonder horse from the song by Tom T. Hall .
Seven Horses in the Sky , seven horses who appeared in the sky, according to the 1969 eponymous hit song by The Pebbles .Sorrow, the name of the carnie's horse in the Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds song "The Carnie"
Stewball, from the eponymous song by Peter, Paul and Mary
The Strawberry Roan , an unrideable horse in the eponymous song performed by Marty Robbins , Chris LeDoux , and othersThe Tennessee Stud , the horse in the eponymous song written by Jimmy Driftwood and later covered by Doc Watson and Johnny Cash .
Trigger, the horse who pulled the fastest milkcart in the West in Benny Hill 's Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)
Wildfire , the horse in the eponymous song by Michael Martin Murphey Video games
Agro, the horse of Wander, and Phaedra, the 4th Colossus in Shadow of the Colossus
Arvak, a skeletal horse with blue flames in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
"The Boss's Horse", an Andalusian horse who appears in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Butt Stallion in Borderlands 2
Blitzle, the Electrified Pokémon from the Pokémon series
Callus, the horse that takes Joel and Ellie to the University of Eastern Colorado and Silver Lake in The Last of Us
Despair, Horse of Death in Darksiders II
D-Horse, an Andalusian horse who appears in Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain
Epona, the horse Link usually rides in the Legend of Zelda franchise
Frost, a breeding stallion in V: Skyrim
Geryon, demon horse in Devil May Cry 3
Glastrier, the Wild Horse Pokémon who has the ability to fuse with the King Pokémon Calyrex, in the Pokémon series
Hudson Horstachio, Viva Pinata
Invincible, undead steed of Arthas, the Lich King in World of Warcraft.
Ixion , one of Yuna's summons from Final Fantasy X Kage (Shadow), Nobu (Trust) and Sora (Sky), each a starter horse from Ghost of Tsushima
Keldeo, the Colt Pokémon and the fourth member of the Swords of Justice in the Pokémon series
Mary Lou, Hank Hoffman Jr.'s horse in Dragon Quest IV
Matsukaze , from the video game series Samurai Warriors Mudbray, the Donkey Pokémon from the Pokémon series
Mudsdale, the Draft Horse Pokémon which evolves from Mudbray from the Pokémon series
Old Gary, the rotten old horse from Peasant's Quest
Phear lap, the skeletal ghost horse mini-boss from Cuphead
Ponyta, the Fire Horse Pokémon from the Pokémon series
Rapidash, the Fire Horse Pokémon which evolves from Ponyta from the Pokémon series
Red Hare , from the video game series Dynasty Warriors Roach, Geralt of Rivia 's mare in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Ruin, horse of War in Darksiders
Shadowmere, a black horse with red eyes in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion V: Skyrim
Smith , Iolo 's horse in the Ultima Spectrier, the Swift Horse Pokémon who has the ability to fuse with the King Pokémon Calyrex, in the Pokémon series
The Knight, a chess piece inspired mini-boss from Cuphead
Torrent, a spirit steed bearing a set of horns given to the protagonist by Melina in Elden Ring
Zebstrika, the Thunderbolt Pokémon which evolves from Blitzle in the Pokémon series Toys
See also
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