List of fictional horses

This is a list of named equine fictional characters. This list includes horses, ponies, donkeys, mules, and zebras, but excludes real horses (see List of historical horses), horses in mythology and folklore, and fantasy creatures such as centaurs, unicorns, and winged horses.

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Literature

Acorn, Davy's horse in the Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness
Arroch, ridden into battle by Húrin in The Children of Húrin by 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 by J.R.R Tolkien
Athansor, ridden by Peter Lake in Mark Helprin's A Winter's Tale
Binky, ridden by Death in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels
Black Beauty, from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Black Boy and Rapide, Jill Crewe's ponies from the series by Ruby Ferguson
Blaze, from a series of children's books by Clarence William Anderson, beginning with Billy and Blaze (1936)
Boxer, Mollie, and Clover, from Animal Farm by George Orwell
Bree Hee Hinny Brinny Hoohy Hah ("Bree"), from The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
Cloud, the pony owned by Veralidaine Sarrasri, and other ponies, in The Immortals quartet by Tamora Pierce
Condor, the mount of Green Rider Karigan G'ladheon in Kristen Britain's Green Rider series
Destrier, Caspian's horse in Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia.
Dilu, the mount of Chinese warlord Liu Bei in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, attributed to Luo Guanzhong
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 Stallion
Gabilan, from John Steinbeck's novel The Red Pony
Ginger, from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Goblin, from Johnny Tremaine by Esther Forbes
Gunpowder, Ichabod Crane's horse from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Hatatitla, Old Shatterhand's horse in Karl May's Winnetou
Hwin, from The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
Jim, cab-horse from Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by L. Frank Baum
Joey, from War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
Kholstomer, from the story of the same name by Leo Tolstoy
Lukas, in the Emil i Lönneberga series by Astrid Lindgren
Merrylegs, from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Miramis, with golden mane and hooves, from Astrid Lindgren's book Mio, My Son
Mortis, Death's steed and companion in the Incarnations of Immortality series by Piers Anthony who first appears in the book On A Pale Horse
Napoleon, from The Black Stallion
Peachblossom, the horse owned by Keladry in the Protector of the Small quartet by Tamora Pierce
The Pie, from National Velvet by Enid Bagnold
Pilgrim from The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans and the film based on it
Rih, Kara Ben Nemsi's horse in Karl May's tales of the Orient
Rocinante, from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes; also the name of fictional horses in several other books and movies
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 by Marguerite Henry
Silver Blaze, from the Sherlock Holmes story The Adventure of Silver Blaze by Arthur Conan Doyle
Smoky, from Smoky the Cow Horse, written and illustrated by Will James
Snowmane, the horse of King Théoden which falls on and mortally wounds him during battle in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien
Talat, Aerin's horse in The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
Thowra, a creamy-silver stallion, the main character in Silver Brumby, by Elyne Mitchell
Thunderhead, son of Flicka in the book by Mary O'Hara
Tug, Will's trained small horse/pony in the Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan
Whinney from the Earth's Children series by Jean M. Auel, first appearing in the book The Valley of Horses.
Windfola, who carries Éowyn in the charge of the Rohirrim on the Pelennor Fields in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien

Film

Arizona Pie, Sarah Brown's horse from International Velvet
Artax, Atreyu's horse in film The Neverending Story
Bad Horse, from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Broadway Bill, from the 1934 film Broadway Bill, and its 1950 remake, Riding High, starring Bing Crosby
Butch, a stallion residing on the Durango Ranch in Dr. Dolittle 3
Checkers, from Moondance Alexander
Cisco, John Dunbar's buckskin gelding from Dances with Wolves
Don, talking horse from Hot to Trot
Flash, from Flash
Flicka, from Flicka, based on the book My Friend Flicka
Ginger, from Black Beauty
Gulliver, from The Horse Whisperer
Gypsy, Meggie MacWade's horse, which undertakes a journey to be reunited with her in Gypsy Colt
Joey, from the movie War Horse
Napoleon, Snoe's gray cart horse and The Black's stable mate in the film The Black Stallion
Pepper, from Two Bits & Pepper (1995)
Pie, Velvet Brown's horse from National Velvet
Pilgrim, from The Horse Whisperer
Shetan, from The Young Black Stallion film based on Walter Farley's book.
Sylvester, from Sylvester (1985)
Taff/Bo, the main horse character in Disney's Ride a Wild Pony
The Black, from The Black Stallion and The Black Stallion Returns, based on Walter Farley's books
Tír na nÓg from Into the West
Tolo, gelding from The Long Shot
Two Bits, from Two Bits & Pepper (1995)

Television

Bandit, buckskin from Caitlin's Way
Blue Jeans, Miley Stewart's horse in Hannah Montana
Champion, Gene Autry's horse and the eponymous hero of a 1950s television series
Chestnut, from the TV series 2 Broke Girls
Fury, a black stallion of the 1950s TV series Fury
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 (called Milord the Horse in the British version)
Pie-O-My, Ralph Cifaretto's horse from Episodes 44 and 48 of Season 4 of The Sopranos
Polka-Dotted Horse, Ludicrous Lion's horse from H.R. Pufnstuf
Saddle Club horses from The Saddle Club
Silver, the Lone Ranger's horse
The Black in Adventures of the Black Stallion
Tornado, also occasionally "Toronado", Zorro's black horse
Wildfire, from ABC Family's Wildfire

Animation

Achilles, horse of Captain Phoebus in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Alípio, from puppet series Cocoricó
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
Brian Winddancer, Former actor and current Mayor of Zootopia in Zootopia 2
Buck, the sheriff's horse from Home on the Range
Bullseye, Woody's horse in Toy Story franchise
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 The Aristocats
Fun Saiki, from Mobile Fighter G Gundam
Gallopin' Gals
Horace Horsecollar from the Walt Disney cartoons
Horse, Dudley Do-Right's horse in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
Horse, from Centaurworld
Ico, from Ico, el Caballito valiente
James Baxter, from Adventure Time
Khan, 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.
Mane Attraction, anthropomorphic Andalusian from the animated film GOAT
Maximus, horse featured in the animated film Tangled
Mr. Horse from Ren and Stimpy
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
Applejack, an earth pony who runs Sweet Apple Acres.
Apple Bloom, Applejack's sister who has a talent for being repairing.
Pinkie Pie, an earth pony who throws parties.
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 and Pinky and the Brain
Phillipe, Belle and her father's horse from Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Pokey, the pony from The Gumby Show
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 series
Rain, 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 cartoon series
Tybalt, the talking horse in Pinocchio: A True Story
Yato, from Legend of Basara

Comics

Alsan, from Red River
Arabesque, Blutch's horse in Les Tuniques Bleues, whom he has trained to fall down during battle so he can act as if he is wounded and thus survive the battles.
Aragorn, the name of several winged horses in Marvel Comics
Banshee, the horse of Phantom Rider from Marvel Comics
Basashi, from K -Memory of Red- and K -Days of Blue-
Billy Boy, in Bamse by Rune Andréasson
Blue Horse and Brown Horse, two programmers from the web comic horse++
Butter Rum, Firestar's horse that dies in a stable fire secretly set by Emma Frost.
Comet, Supergirl's pet horse
Godasse, 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 story 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.
Isuzu Sohma, also known as Rin, who is cursed to take 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 album "Het Rijmende Paard", he is brought alive and escapes, causing the protagonists to start a search for him.
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.

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 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 song
Paul Revere, the horse from the song of the same name, Paul Revere, by the 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 others
The 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, obtained after completing the "Soul Cairn Horse Quest"
"The Boss's Horse", an Andalusian horse who appears in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots as a painting, and in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker as the temporary steed of Big Boss
Butt Stallion in Borderlands 2, a pure diamond horse owned by Handsome Jack
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 as the steed of Venom Snake.
Epona, the horse Link usually rides in The Legend of Zelda franchise
Frost, a breeding stallion in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, obtained after completing the quest "Promises to Keep"
Geryon, demon horse in Devil May Cry 3
Glastrier, the Wild Horse Pokémon, which is ridden by 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, who pulls the party's wagon; in the original NES release, she is named Primrose
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
Roach, Geralt of Rivia's mare in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Ruin, horse of War in Darksiders
Smith, Iolo's horse in the Ultima series, who talks and can give clues
Spectrier, the Swift Horse Pokémon, which is ridden by Calyrex in the Pokémon series
The Knight, a chess piece inspired mini-boss from Cuphead who takes the form of a horse
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

Bella Sara — trading card and online game (2007–2013)
Breyer horses — model horses
Horseland — online community and browser game (1994–2019)
My Little Pony — a toy line