This list includes actual horses that exist in the historical record.

<!--Inclusion criteria: Ideally, this list should include only those horses which are notable enough to have their own standalone article, and have one. Acceptable entries include those with a section within another article, and are wikilinked from here to there. Entries without any proper wikilink to content about the horse, must have a source cited.-->==Acting and performing horses==

  • Bamboo Harvester, (and his public double, Pumpkin) portrayed a talking horse in the title role of the television series Mister Ed
  • Buttermilk, Dale Evans' horse used in films
  • Champion the Wonder Horse, portrayed on film with Gene Autry
  • Clever Hans, horse that performed math tricks
  • Marocco or Bankes's Horse, a late 16th and early 17th-century English performing horse
  • Muhamed, German horse allegedly capable of reading and performing arithmetic
  • Popcorn Deelites, the horse actor in the film Seabiscuit
  • Rex, Morgan stallion who starred in films and film serials in the 1920s and 1930s
  • Trigger, palomino trick horse for films with Roy Rogers

Famous bloodlines

  • Byerly Turk, a foundation sire of the Thoroughbred breed
  • D'Arcy Yellow Turk, early foundation sire of the Thoroughbred breed
  • Darley Arabian, a foundation sire of the Thoroughbred breed
  • Figure, the foundation sire of the Morgan horse breed
  • Godolphin Arabian, a foundation sire of the Thoroughbred breed
  • Hollywood Dun It, all-time leading reining sire and American Quarter Horse
  • King, a foundation sire of the American Quarter Horse breed
  • Zippo Pine Bar leading Western Pleasure sire of Quarter Horses, inducted into American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame and National Snaffle Bit Association Hall of Fame

Famous owners

  • Burmese, favourite mount of Queen Elizabeth II; a gift from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • Incitatus, favorite horse of Roman Emperor Caligula
  • Matsukaze, personal horse of Maeda Keiji