• Abercrombie (USA) - an outstanding pacer, stakes and free-for-all winner from age two through four. Sired more than 1700 foals that have earned nearly $130 million.

• Adios (USA) - considered by many harness historians and pedigree experts to be one of the most important and influential pacing sires of modern times.

• Adios Butler (USA) - famous harness-racer�

• Affirmed (USA) - last horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown (1978)

• Ajax (Aust) - in 1937 Ajax began a phenomenal run of 18 successive victories, in races now all at Group level. In six of these races he broke race or course records, or equalled Australian records.

• Albatross�(USA) - all-time record money-earning pacer of that era, winning 59 of 71 career starts and more than $1.2 million in career earnings, being crowned a world champion at ages two, three and four.

• Alydar (USA) - finished second to Affirmed in all three Triple Crown races, and one of the great sires in North American history

• Archer (Aust)  - winner of the first Melbourne Cup in 1861

• Arkle (Ire) - reckoned the greatest steeplechaser of all time

• Bernborough (Aust) - 37 starts, 26 wins, 2 seconds, 1 third, 8 unplaced

• Better Loosen Up (Aust) - stake winnings exceeded $4.5 million. Inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame

• Carbine (NZ) - Perhaps the greatest racehorse/sire ever bred in the southern hemisphere.

• Cardigan Bay (NZ) - pacer, won 80 races all up and retired to New Zealand.

• Citation (USA) - Triple Crown winner in 1948. The first horse to win US$1 million.

• Eclipse (GB) - celebrated 18th century racehorse that won 18 races in 18 starts. 80% of modern thoroughbred racehorses have Eclipse in their pedigrees

• Gloaming (Aust) - Gloaming - He won 57 of his 67 starts, was second in nine others. Inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame

• Hall Mark (Aust) - 1933 Melbourne Cup winner

• Heroic (Aust) - brilliant and versatile horse, Heroic won 21 races at distances from five furlongs to two miles.  Inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame

• John Henry (USA) -�When he retired, he was the sport's all-time leading money-winner with $6,597,947 in purses.

• Kingston Town (Aust) - the outstanding galloper of his era. 41 starts, 30 wins, 5 seconds, 2 thirds, 4 unplaced

• Malua (Aust) - most versatile of all Australian champion gallopers, Malua won in the best company from three and a half furlongs to three and a quarter miles.

• Manfred (Aust) - one of the most brilliant and most erratic racehorses of his time. (1920's)

• Manikato (Aust) - won 29 of his 47 starts and was second nine times and had career earnings of more than $1.1 million. Inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame

• Man O' War (USA) - who re-wrote the record books

• Might & Power (NZ) - rated the world's best stayer in 1997 after taking out the Caulfield-Melbourne Cups double. He won 15 of his 33 career starts and earned more than $5 million in prize money.

• Nijinsky II (Can) - last horse to win the English Triple Crown (1970)

• Northern Dancer (Can) - the most successful Thoroughbred sire ever

• Peter Pan (Aust) - 1934 Melbourne Cup winner. One of Australia�s greatest stayers. Inducted into the Hall of Fame

• Phar Lap (NZ) - great Australian racehorse. Won 36 races and was placed 5 times

• Poitrel - Winner of the 1920 Melbourne Cup

• Poseidon (Aust) - Won 11 of his 14 races including the 1906 Melbourne Cup. Has strong claims to be considered the greatest stayer ever produced in Australia.

• Red Rum (IRE) - 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)

• Rising Fast (NZ) - Rising Fast was one of the greatest gallopers ever to grace the Australian turf. 

• Seattle Slew (USA) - Triple Crown winner in 1977

• Seabiscuit (USA) - became a public favourite while winning 33 of his 89 career starts and amassing a then-record $437,730 in career prize money.

• Secretariat (USA) - Triple Crown winner of 1973

• Shergar (IRE) - the kidnapped winner of the 1981 Epsom Derby

• Sunline (NZ) - the first horse to be inducted into the Hall of Fame while still racing. Her career statistics so far read 44 starts for 31 wins and ten placings and she is the all-time prize money record holder with more than $11 million in prize money. 

• The Barb (Aust) - winner of the 1866 Melbourne Cup. Can lay strong claim to the title of Australia's first champion racehorse.

• Tobin Bronze (Aust) - the star of the middle-distance and weight-for-age scene in Australia in the mid 1960s

• Tulloch (NZ) - his three-year-old career remains unmatched in Australian racing history.

• Vain (Aust) - undoubtedly one of Australia�s greatest sprinters, he sired 370 winners of almost 1,800 races including two Golden Slipper winners

• Wakeful (Aust) - a late-starter as a racehorse, not competing until she was four but she certainly made up for lost time winning 19 weight-for-age races during her career.

• War Admiral (USA) - Horse of the Year & Triple Crown Winner - 1937

Arion - an immortal, extremely swift horse 
Arvak & Alsvid  - pulled Sol's chariot 
Baku - horse-bodied dream-eaters 
Bucephalus - semi-legendary horse of Alexander the Great 
Centaur - part human, part horse 
Dyaus Pita - the Sky Father, who appears as a horse 
Embarr - was Niamh's horse 
Gandharva - male nature spirits, usually part horse 
Hengroen - King Arthur's horse 
Llamrei - King Arthur's mare 
Hofvarpnir - was Gna's horse 
The Mares of Diomedes - which fed on human flesh 
Pegasus - a winged horse 
The Sileni - were half-man, half-horse 
The Trojan Horse 
Skinfaxi - was Dagur's horse 
Sleipnir - Odin's eight-legged horse 
Unicorn 
Widow-Maker - mythical cowboy Pecos Bill's horse 

Gandalf
Aragorn
Aragorn
Glorfindel
Legolas
Eorl
Orom�
Fingolfin 
Eowyn
Eomer
Legolas
Tom Bombadil
Aragorn
Merry Brandybuck
King Theoden
Frodo Baggins
Merry Brandybuck
Merry Brandybuck
Merry Brandybuck
Merry Brandybuck
Merry Brandybuck
Owned by the Hobbits

Shadowfax
Hasufel
Roheryn
Asfaloth
Arod
Felar�f
Nahar
Rochellor
Windfola
Firefoot
Arod
Fatty Lumpkin
Hasufel
Sharp-ears
Snowmane
Strider
Stybba,
Swish Tail
White Socks
Wise Nose
Bumpkin
Bill the Pony

• Arod, Legolas's horse in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings 
• Artax, Atreyu's horse in Michael Ende's The Neverending Story 
• Bill the Pony, owned by the Hobbits in The Lord of the Rings
• Binky, ridden by Death in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels 
• Black Beauty, from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell 
• Black Bess, Dick Turpin's horse. 
• The Black, from a series of 21 books by Walter Farley beginning with The Black Stallion
• Blaze, from a series of children's books by C.W. Anderson, beginning with Billy and Blaze
• Boxer, from Animal Farm by George Orwell 
• Breehy-hinny-brinny-hoohy-hah ("Bree" for short), from The Horse and His Boy
• Bumpkin, Merry Brandybuck's horse in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings 
• Many 'Companions', which are human spirits reincarnated in the form of white horses
• Condor, the mount of Green Rider Karigan G'ladheon in Kristen Britain's Green Rider books 
• De L�, the mount of Chinese warlord Liu Bei in the Romance of Three Kingdoms 
• Fatty Lumpkin, horse owned by Tom Bombadil in The Lord of the Rings 
• Firefoot, horse owned by �omer in The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien 
• Flame, from The Black Stallion series 
• Flicka, from My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara 
• the Houyhnhnms, a race of intelligent and cultured horses in Gulliver's Travels
• The Golden Ass, 2nd century AD Roman novel in Latin. 
• Hasufel, Aragorn's horse in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings 
• Hwin, from The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis 
• Captain Jinks' horse, of the Horse Marines, fed on corn and beans in the nursery rhyme 
• Lark, from The Berserker's Horse by Lisa Maxwell 
• Misty of Chincoteague, a real pony made famous by Marguerite Henry's children's book
• Nara, a Hunnuli or magical horse, from The Dark Horse series by Mary H. Herbert 
• the Pie, from National Velvet by Enid Bagnold 
• Rocinante, from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes 
• Red Hare, the mount of Liu Bu and Guan Yu in the Chinese epic Romance of Three Kingdoms 
• �arac or Sharkolia, horse of Prince Marko 
• Roheryn, horse owned by Aragorn in J. R. R. Tolkien'sThe Lord of the Rings 
• Satan, from The Black Stallion series
• Shadowfax, Gandalf's horse from The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien 
• Sharp-ears, horse owned by Merry Brandybuck from The Lord of the Rings 
• Silver Blaze, eponymous hero of a Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle
• Snowmane, horse owned by King Th�oden from The Lord of the Rings 
• Strider, pony owned by Frodo Baggins from The Lord of the Rings 
• Stybba, pony owned by Merry Brandybuck of The Lord of the Rings 
• Swish-tail, pony owned by Merry Brandybuck of The Lord of the Rings 
• White-socks, pony owned by Merry Brandybuck of The Lord of the Rings 
• Windfola, horse of Dernhelm ridden by �owyn from The Lord of the Rings 
• Wise-nose, pony owned by Merry Brandybuck of The Lord of the Rings 

• Black Beauty from The Adventures of Black Beauty, loosely based on the novel
• Champion the Wonder Horse, eponymous hero of a 1950s series 
• the Clydesdales of the Budweiser beer commercials 
• Duncan, also known as Furious D, from The Simpson's
• Edmund, Aunt Manya's imaginary pony, from Seinfeld 
• Mr. Ed, from the TV show of that name 
• Esquilax, in The Simpson's 
• Fury, the black stallion of the 1950s TV series of the same name 
• Hercules, Steptoe and Son's horse 
• Pokey, of The Gumby Show 
• Pony Puff Princess, Dee Dee's idol in Dexter's Laboratory 
• Princess, Lisa's horse in The Simpson's 
• Quick Draw McGraw, of Hanna-Barbera's cartoon series 
• Scout, Tonto's horse 
• Silver, the Lone Ranger's horse 
• Tornado, Zorro's horse 
• Eponymous White Horses in the Yugoslav children's series

• Eponymous Chestnut Mare in the song by The Byrds 
• Eponymous Horse with No Name in the song by America 
• Feitlebaum the racehorse who always finishes first (even in a car race) in songs by Doodles
• Weaver (performed with Spike Jones and his City Slickers) 
• The Horse - title of instrumental 1968 rock song by Cliff Nobles and Co. 
• "Horses" by Patti Smith 
• Mac, in the Mason Profitt song "Two Hangmen" 
• "My Lovely Horse", a fictional Eurovision Song Contest entry
• "On Horseback", coda to Ommadawn by Mike Oldfield 
• Trigger, pulled the fastest milkcart in the West in the Benny Hill song "Ernie
• "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?" by U2 
• "Wild Horses" by The Rolling Stones 
• "Wildfire" by Michael Murphy 
• The "Old Gray Mare" in the song of that name 
• The waltzing Henry the Horse from The Beatles' Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite (based on a real horse called Zanthus) 

COWBOYS, INDIANS, OUTLAWS, GUNFIGHTERS, LAWMEN,  LEGENDS ... AND THEIR HORSES!
Our own extensive list! We have also included the name of their horses they rode where applicable.

FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN RACEHORSES
Just about every winner of major stakes races here.

HORSES NAMES LIST
Some really great names here!

HORSE NAMES & MEANINGS
Contains over 10,000 Dutch, English, German, and French names and names from many more countries

ICELANDIC HORSE NAMES
Names of some horses from Oakfield Farm

ICELANDIC HORSE NAMES
Lovely friendly, poetic, & pinto names! Includes pronunciation in Icelandic

ICELANDIC HORSE NAMES
List of names with meanings for your stallion, gelding or mare.

PONY NAME GENERATOR
Use this to invent a pony, including its colours.

RANDOM HORSE NAME GENERATOR
Stuck for a name? Generate an original one!

NAMING YOUR NEW HORSE
Naming your new horse can be a tough job � but fun, too. Here's a few hundred names to get you started!

ARABIAN HORSE NAMES
From the Arabian Horses of the Great Pyramids site. Saluki's come to mind for me!

HORSE NAMES & MEANINGS
We offer 1,000's of horse names. You can browse by origin, gender, or horse breed.

HORSE NAMES FROM HELLENIC HISTORY AND MYTHOLOGY 
Some unusual great names, with meanings!

NAMES FOR HORSES
Do you have a new addition to your family? Are you looking up names for horses so you can find that perfect name for your new horse? You've come to the right place.

NAMES OF HORSES OF THE SILVER BRUMBY BOOKS
A few details and the lineage of many if not most of the horses from the series are given. 

STANDARD-BRED HORSES NAMES
A huge alphabetical list of terrific names

HORSE NAME GENERATOR
Just superb! Now over 1 million names, and counting!

ARABIAN HORSE NAMES
Since the Pharaoh's Horses strongly supports naming Arabian horses with traditional Arabian names, this list of possible names is in both Arabic to English and English to Arabic.

NAME YOUR HORSE
Barn names to show names! A huge alphabetical list

HORSES OF ROHAN NAMES
Our own Lord of the Rings on-line list

HORSE NAMES
Plenty here to choose from, so take your time

THE JOCKEY CLUB
Database of all the thoroughbred horses in Kentucky

FRISIAN HORSE NAMES
4,698 real Frisian names for horses

HORSE NAMES
Great names for pet or show!

ONLINE NAMES BOOK
The Online Names Book gives you the opportunity to browse The Jockey Club's database of names currently in use.

HORSE NAMES WITH MEANINGS OR DESCRIPTIONS
Does your horse or foal need a special name? We have listed some of our favorite horse names.

HORSE/EQUINE NAMES
Quite a number of well described names here.

NAMES FOR HORSES
We have complied the largest horse name list on the web. You will find many great namely titles for your Irish, Indian, miniature, quarter. or race horse all in one place.

AKHAL�TEKE NAMES OF HORSES 
Turkmen use many words and expressions to describe and name horses. These words refer to a horse's color, markings, and temper.

HORSE NAMES FOR PET HORSES
BoogiePets.com makes finding horse names easy for your horses and other pets.