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What are the names of some of history's most famous horses?

I am not talking about great race horses, but rather horses such as Bucefalo/Bucephalus who belonged to Alexander the Great, or Rocinante who belonged to Don Quixote. Horses of historical or literary renown.

Public Comments

1. Silver, Mr. Ed, Trigger
2. Chetak... it is the name of the horse belonging to Rana Pratap a great Indian King
3. "Trigger"....He belonged to Roy Rogers. When he died,Roy had him stuffed. So,he could keep "Trigger" with him. For real!
4. "Shawnee" was the name of George Washington's horse when he was a general.
5. The movie Hildalgo was based on a real life horse, so there's one for you. Mythologically, there's the father of all winged horses, Pegasus, who sprung whole from the neck of the Gorgon when Perseus decapitated and slew her.
6. Man O' War ; Champ (Gene Autry , Trigger (Roy Rogers), Silver (Lone Ranger) Pet (my pony as a kid)
7. Hidalgo-Frank T. Hopkin's mustang that raced over 3,000 miles accross the Arabian desert to win a race. These horses were also used in the Pony Express, and help to built our country and opened up communication into the western states. President Rutherford B. Hayes, also known as the "Dark Horse" president, not only loved horses, his own, personal horse, is buried on his estate, near his own children.
8. COMANCHE, Only Survivor of the Battle of the Little Big Horn THE DANCING CIRCUS HORSE, friend of Sitting Bull FIGURE, Founder of America's First Breed (Morgan Horse) TRAVELLER, Robert E. Lee's War Horse BLACK JACK, The Last U.S. Army Horse WINCHESTER, General Philip H. Sheridan's horse during most of the Civil War HALEB, Also known as the "Pride of the Desert", this Arabian horse beat 19 Morgan horses winning the Justin Morgan Cup in Vermont on June 1907 LITTLE SORREL, or "Fancy" as he was known, became famous as the mount of General Stonewall Jackson CINCINNATI, presented to U. S. Grant in 1864 and immediately identified as his favorite horse RECKLESS, Korean War Horse of the Marines
9. Copenhagen - Wellington's horse at Waterloo Marengo - Napoleon's Incitatus - the horse the Emperor Caligula made a Roman Senator Black Bess - the horse the highwayman Dick Turpin is supposed to have ridden from London to York to give himself an alibi.
10. Little Sorrel - Stonewall Jackson King Philip - Nathan Bedford Forrest Red Pepper - Patrick Cleburne Traveller - Robert E. Lee Cincinnatus - US Grant Rienzi - Phil Sheridan These are off the top of my head see link below for more.
11. The most famous horse in ancent times was Bucephalus, the horse of Alexander the Great.
12. seattle slew, sectratirate
13. Beucepholis was Alexander the Great's horse Might have spelled it wrong, but the name is right
14. Well there was little "Stroller" he was just a pony at 14.2 hh but he made it to the Olympic games and competed against lots of horses much bigger than himself. He was owned by Marion Coakes the English show jumper about late 1960 early 1970s
15. Incitatus is my favorite. He was the horse of the insane Roman Emperor Caligula. He provided Incitatus with a marble stable, an ivory manger, purple blankets, and a collar embedded with precious stones. He had promised Incitatus that he would appoint him as consul, meaning he would make him a Senator. Unfortunately for the horse, Caligula died before he had fulfilled that promise.