List of historical horses

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1 Soldiers' horses 2 Race horses 3 other horses 4 Related topics

Soldiers' horses

• Black Jack, the last Quartermaster-issued U.S. Army horse, died February 6, 1976.
• Blueskin, one of General Washington's horses.
• Bucephalos, Alexander the Great's horse.
• Ellen Edenberg, one of General Washington's horses at Valley Forge.
• Copenhagen, the Duke of Wellington's favourite horse, which he rode at the Battle of Waterloo.
• Little Sorrel, Stonewall Jackson's horse.
• Magnolia, one of General Washington's horses.
• Marengo, Napoleon's horse which was captured by the British.
• (Old) Nelson, one of General Washington's horses.
• Roger Leo, one of General Washington's horses at Valley Forge.
• Traveller, General Lee's horse.

• Abercrombie
• Adios
• Adios Butler, famous harness-racer
• Albatross
• Arkle, reckoned the greatest steeplechaser of all time.
• Eclipse, celebrated 18th century racehorse that won 18 races in 18 starts.
• Phar Lap, Australian racehorse.
• Man O' War, who re-wrote the record books.
• Northern Dancer
• Precious Bunny
• Red Rum, only horse in the history of the Aintree Grand National Steeplechase to win the race three times (he also came second on two other occasions).
• Seabiscuit
• Secretariat, Triple Crown winner of 1973.
• Shergar, the kidnapped winner of the 1981 Epsom Derby.
• War Admiral

• Clever Hans
• the Godolphin Arabian
• Incitatus, Emperor Caligula's favorite horse.
• Trigger, Roy Rogers' horse

Related topics

• List of fictional horses
• List of historical animals