Famous Horses and Riders
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This list currently excludes fiction, myths and characters and stars of film, television and horse racing.
Famous Horses and Riders sorted by Horse, or Owner / Rider
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Famous Horses and Riders sorted by Horse ••••^^ Back to top of page
| Horse | Owner / Rider | See | Notes |
| Ajax | General Robert E. Lee | ||
| Aldebaron | General Philip H. Sheridan | ||
| Alfana | Gradasso, King of Sericane | ||
| Altobello | King Henry VIII of England | ||
| Aquiline | Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse | ||
| Babieca | El Cid | A white horse (the name means “stupid”). Sometimes called Bavieca. | |
| Baldy | General George Meade | Old Baldy | |
| Bavieca | El Cid | Babieca | |
| Bear | Elvis Presley | ||
| Bijou | Count Johan Augustus Sandels | ||
| Black Agnes | Mary, Queen of Scots | Palfrey given her by her brother Moray, and named after Countess Agnes of Dunbar | |
| Black Bess | Dick Turpin | The faithful mare that Turpin allegedly rode from London to York | |
| Blackie | General George Meade | ||
| Blackie | Chief Sitting Bull | ||
| Blackjack | Jefferson Davis | ||
| Bleistein | Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt | ||
| Blueskin | General George Washington | ||
| Brown Beauty | Paul Revere | Sometimes called Brown Betty. The Narragansett Pacer that he rode during his famous ride of April 18, 1775 | |
| Brown Betty | Paul Revere | Brown Beauty | |
| Brown-Roan | General Robert E. Lee | ||
| Bucephalus | Alexander the Great | The name is Greek for “ox-headed.” | |
| Burmese | Queen Elizabeth II | A black mare, given to Queen Elizabeth II by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. | |
| Chetak | Maharana Pratap | ||
| Cincinnati | General Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Comanche | Captain Myles Keogh | Comanche was the only documented survivor of General Custer’s 7th Cavalry at the Battle of Little Bighorn | |
| Copenhagen | Duke of Wellington | Chestnut charger ridden at the battle of Waterloo | |
| Cyrus | Napoleon Bonaparte | Ridden at Austerlitz | |
| Dandy | General George Armstrong Custer | ||
| Désirée | Napoleon Bonaparte | Ridden at Waterloo | |
| Dhūljānāḥ | Husayn ibn Ali | Ridden at the Battle of Karbala | |
| Doit | El Cid | ||
| Dolly | General William T. Sherman | ||
| Don Juan | General George Armstrong Custer | ||
| Duke | General William T. Sherman | ||
| Egypt | General Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| El Morzillo | Hernán Cortés | Black stallion who was worshipped by the Indians of Honduras | |
| Ellen Edenberg | General George Washington | With Washington at Valley Forge | |
| Fancy | General Stonewall Jackson | Little Sorrel | |
| Fox | General Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Gato | Aime Felix Tschiffely | Featured in Tschiffely’s Ride. See also Mancha | |
| Gazala | Baldwin I of Jerusalem | ||
| Gertie | General George Meade | ||
| Governatore | King Henry VIII of England | ||
| Harry | General George Armstrong Custer | ||
| Herodot | Napoleon Bonaparte | ||
| Highfly | Major General Jeb Stuart | ||
| Hirondelle | Bevis of Hampton | Arundel was named after Bevis’s horse | |
| Incitatus | Caligula | Housed in a stall of marble and serenaded by musicians. | |
| Intendant | Napoleon Bonaparte | A pure white Norman nicknamed “Coco” by the Imperial Guard | |
| Jack | General Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Jeff Davis | General Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Jenny Geddes | Robert Burns | ||
| Kangaroo | General Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Kasztanka | Józef Klemens Piłsudski | ||
| Kidron | General John J. “Black Jack” Pershing | ||
| Kitty | Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim | ||
| La Pie | Turenne | A bay sabino Limousin mare | |
| Lancer | General George Armstrong Custer | ||
| Le Vizir | Napoleon Bonaparte | Gray Arabian stallion – accompanied Napoleon to St Helena in 1815 | |
| Lexington | General William T. Sherman | ||
| Little Sorrel | General Stonewall Jackson | Originall called Fancy and later known as Old Sorrel | |
| Little Texas | Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt | ||
| Lucy Long | General Robert E. Lee | ||
| Magnolia | General George Washington | ||
| Mancha | Aime Felix Tschiffely | Featured in Tschiffely’s Ride. See also Gato | |
| Manitou | Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt | ||
| Marengo | Napoleon Bonaparte | Gray Arabian stallion – believed to have been Napoleon’s favourite horse. Captured by the British, and outlived Napoleon by eight years | |
| Marsala | General Giuseppe Garibaldi | ||
| Matsukaze | Maeda Keiji | ||
| Methuselah | General Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| My Maryland | Major General Jeb Stuart | ||
| Nelson | General George Washington | Sometimes called Old Nelson. Chestnut gelding. | |
| Old Baldy | General George Meade | A bay mount, sometimes called Baldy | |
| Old Bill | General George Meade | ||
| Old Nelson | General George Washington | Nelson | |
| Old Sorrel | General Stonewall Jackson | Little Sorrel | |
| Old Warrior | General Jack Seely | Warrior | |
| Palomo | Simón Bolívar | ||
| Penelope | Caligula | Incitatus’s mare. | |
| Prince Imperial | Napoleon III | ||
| Richmond | General Robert E. Lee | ||
| Rienzi | General Philip H. Sheridan | Winchester | |
| Rising Sun | Elvis Presley | ||
| Roan Barbury | King Richard II of England | ||
| Roanoke | General George Armstrong Custer | ||
| Roger Leo | General George Washington | With Washington at Valley Forge | |
| Roitelet | Napoleon Bonaparte | An English-Limousin chestnut | |
| Ronald | James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan | Ridden at the Battle of Balaclava | |
| Rondy | General Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Rosabelle | Mary, Queen of Scots | ||
| Sam | General William T. Sherman | ||
| Siete Leguas | Pancho Villa | The name means “Seven Leagues” | |
| Skylark | Major General Jeb Stuart | ||
| Streiff | Gustavus Adolphus | Ridden at the battle of Lützen | |
| Styrie | Napoleon Bonaparte | Ridden across the Great Saint-Bernard, and at Marengo | |
| Suleiman | Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex | ||
| Tauris | Napoleon Bonaparte | A gray ridden at Vitepsk, Smolensk, Borodino, during his entrance in Moscow, and during the retreat from Russia | |
| Tommy | Charles Darwin | ||
| Traveller | General Robert E. Lee | Gray war horse, previously called Jeff Davis and Greenbrier | |
| Truxton | Andrew Jackson | ||
| Vic | General George Armstrong Custer | Died at the Battle of Little Bighorn | |
| Virginia | Major General Jeb Stuart | ||
| Vizir | Napoleon Bonaparte | Le Vizir | |
| Wagram | Napoleon Bonaparte | Gray Arabian stallion | |
| Warrior | General Jack Seely | Sometimes called Old Warrior. Led many charges “over the top” in WW1. | |
| White Surrey | King Richard III of England | “Saddle White Surrey for the field to-morrow.” Shakespeare: Richard III., v. 3. | |
| Winchester | General Philip H. Sheridan | Formerly called Rienzi. Renamed as Winchester to celebrate Sheridan’s famous ride at the Battle of Winchester | |
| Winston | Queen Elizabeth II |
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Famous Horses and Riders sorted by Owner / Rider••••^^ Back to top of page
| Owner / Rider | Horse | Notes |
| Gustavus Adolphus | Streiff | |
| Alexander the Great | Bucephalus | |
| Baldwin I of Jerusalem | Gazala | |
| Bevis of Hampton | Hirondelle | |
| Simón Bolívar | Palomo | |
| Robert Burns | Jenny Geddes | |
| Caligula | Incitatus | 3rd Emperor of the Roman Empire |
| Caligula | Penelope | |
| James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan | Ronald | |
| Hernán Cortés | El Morzillo | |
| General George Armstrong Custer | Dandy | |
| General George Armstrong Custer | Don Juan | |
| General George Armstrong Custer | Harry | |
| General George Armstrong Custer | Lancer | |
| General George Armstrong Custer | Roanoke | |
| General George Armstrong Custer | Vic | |
| Charles Darwin | Tommy | |
| Jefferson Davis | Blackjack | President of the Confederate States of America (1861-1865) |
| El Cid | Babieca | “El Cid” was Ruy Diaz / Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar |
| El Cid | Doit | |
| Queen Elizabeth II | Burmese | |
| Queen Elizabeth II | Winston | |
| Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex | Suleiman | |
| General Giuseppe Garibaldi | Marsala | |
| Gradasso, King of Sericane | Alfana | |
| General Ulysses S. Grant | Cincinnati | 18th President of the United States (1869–1877) |
| General Ulysses S. Grant | Egypt | |
| General Ulysses S. Grant | Fox | |
| General Ulysses S. Grant | Jack | |
| General Ulysses S. Grant | Jeff Davis | |
| General Ulysses S. Grant | Kangaroo | |
| General Ulysses S. Grant | Methuselah | |
| General Ulysses S. Grant | Rondy | |
| King Henry VIII of England | Altobello | |
| King Henry VIII of England | Governatore | |
| Husayn ibn Ali | Dhūljānāḥ | |
| Andrew Jackson | Truxton | 7th President of the United States (1829–1837) |
| General Stonewall Jackson | Little Sorrel | |
| Captain Myles Keogh | Comanche | |
| General Robert E. Lee | Ajax | |
| General Robert E. Lee | Brown-Roan | |
| General Robert E. Lee | Lucy Long | |
| General Robert E. Lee | Richmond | |
| General Robert E. Lee | Traveller | |
| Maeda Keiji | Matsukaze | Japanese samurai |
| Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim | Kitty | Marshal of Finland and 6th President of Finland (1944–1946) |
| Mary, Queen of Scots | Black Agnes | |
| Mary, Queen of Scots | Rosabelle | |
| General George Meade | Blackie | |
| General George Meade | Gertie | |
| General George Meade | Old Baldy | |
| General George Meade | Old Bill | |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | Cyrus | Emperor of the French (1804-1815) |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | Désirée | |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | Herodot | |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | Intendant | |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | Le Vizir | |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | Marengo | |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | Roitelet | |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | Styrie | |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | Tauris | |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | Wagram | |
| Napoleon III | Prince Imperial | |
| General John J. “Black Jack” Pershing | Kidron | |
| Józef Klemens Piłsudski | Kasztanka | Chief of State of the Second Republic of Poland |
| Maharana Pratap | Chetak | |
| Elvis Presley | Bear | |
| Elvis Presley | Rising Sun | |
| Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse | Aquiline | |
| Paul Revere | Brown Beauty | |
| King Richard II of England | Roan Barbury | |
| King Richard III of England | White Surrey | |
| Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt | Bleistein | 26th President of the United States (1901–1909) |
| Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt | Little Texas | |
| Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt | Manitou | |
| Count Johan Augustus Sandels | Bijou | Swedish Fieldmarshall, Finnish War 1808-1809 |
| General Jack Seely | Warrior | |
| General Philip H. Sheridan | Aldebaron | |
| General Philip H. Sheridan | Winchester | |
| General William T. Sherman | Dolly | |
| General William T. Sherman | Duke | |
| General William T. Sherman | Lexington | |
| General William T. Sherman | Sam | |
| Chief Sitting Bull | Blackie | |
| Major General Jeb Stuart | Highfly | |
| Major General Jeb Stuart | My Maryland | |
| Major General Jeb Stuart | Skylark | |
| Major General Jeb Stuart | Virginia | |
| Aime Felix Tschiffely | Gato | |
| Aime Felix Tschiffely | Mancha | |
| Turenne | La Pie | Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne |
| Dick Turpin | Black Bess | |
| Pancho Villa | Siete Leguas | |
| General George Washington | Blueskin | 1st President of the United States (1789–1797) |
| General George Washington | Ellen Edenberg | |
| General George Washington | Magnolia | |
| General George Washington | Nelson | |
| General George Washington | Roger Leo | |
| Duke of Wellington | Copenhagen |
Created 16 December 2011