This is a list of named equine fictional characters. This list includes horses, ponies, donkeys, mules, and zebras, but excludes real horses (see List of historical horses), horses in mythology and folklore, and fantasy creatures such as centaurs, unicorns, and winged horses.
Literature Acorn, Davy's horse in the Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness Arroch, ridden into battle by Húrin in The Children of Húrin by J.R.R Tolkien Artax, Atreyu's horse in Michael Ende's The Neverending Story Asfaloth, Glorfindel's horse in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien Athansor, ridden by Peter Lake in Mark Helprin's A Winter's Tale Binky, ridden by Death in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels Black Beauty, from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell Black Boy and Rapide, Jill Crewe's ponies from the series by Ruby Ferguson Blaze, from a series of children's books by Clarence William Anderson, beginning with Billy and Blaze (1936) Boxer, Mollie, and Clover, from Animal Farm by George Orwell Bree Hee Hinny Brinny Hoohy Hah ("Bree"), from The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis Cloud, the pony owned by Veralidaine Sarrasri, and other ponies, in The Immortals quartet by Tamora Pierce Condor, the mount of Green Rider Karigan G'ladheon in Kristen Britain's Green Rider series Destrier, Caspian's horse in Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia. Dilu, the mount of Chinese warlord Liu Bei in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, attributed to Luo Guanzhong Flame, from The Black Stallion series Flicka, from My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara Florian, from Felix Salten's novel Florian: The Emperor's Stallion Gabilan, from John Steinbeck's novel The Red Pony Ginger, from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell Goblin, from Johnny Tremaine by Esther Forbes Gunpowder, Ichabod Crane's horse from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving Hatatitla, Old Shatterhand's horse in Karl May's Winnetou Hwin, from The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis Jim, cab-horse from Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by L. Frank Baum Joey, from War Horse by Michael Morpurgo Kholstomer, from the story of the same name by Leo Tolstoy Lukas, in the Emil i Lönneberga series by Astrid Lindgren Merrylegs, from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell Miramis, with golden mane and hooves, from Astrid Lindgren's book Mio, My Son Mortis, Death's steed and companion in the Incarnations of Immortality series by Piers Anthony who first appears in the book On A Pale Horse Napoleon, from The Black Stallion Peachblossom, the horse owned by Keladry in the Protector of the Small quartet by Tamora Pierce The Pie, from National Velvet by Enid Bagnold Pilgrim from The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans and the film based on it Rih, Kara Ben Nemsi's horse in Karl May's tales of the Orient Rocinante, from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes; also the name of fictional horses in several other books and movies Shadowfax, the horse ridden by Gandalf the White in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Sham from King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry Silver Blaze, from the Sherlock Holmes story The Adventure of Silver Blaze by Arthur Conan Doyle Smoky, from Smoky the Cow Horse, written and illustrated by Will James Snowmane, the horse of King Théoden which falls on and mortally wounds him during battle in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien Talat, Aerin's horse in The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley Thowra, a creamy-silver stallion, the main character in Silver Brumby, by Elyne Mitchell Thunderhead, son of Flicka in the book by Mary O'Hara Tug, Will's trained small horse/pony in the Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan Whinney from the Earth's Children series by Jean M. Auel, first appearing in the book The Valley of Horses. Windfola, who carries Éowyn in the charge of the Rohirrim on the Pelennor Fields in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien
Film
Arizona Pie, Sarah Brown's horse from International Velvet Artax, Atreyu's horse in film The Neverending Story Bad Horse, from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Broadway Bill, from the 1934 film Broadway Bill, and its 1950 remake, Riding High, starring Bing Crosby Butch, a stallion residing on the Durango Ranch in Dr. Dolittle 3 Checkers, from Moondance Alexander Cisco, John Dunbar's buckskin gelding from Dances with Wolves Don, talking horse from Hot to Trot Flash, from Flash Flicka, from Flicka, based on the book My Friend Flicka Ginger, from Black Beauty Gulliver, from The Horse Whisperer Gypsy, Meggie MacWade's horse, which undertakes a journey to be reunited with her in Gypsy Colt Hidalgo, from Hidalgo (2004) Joey, from the movie War Horse Napoleon, Snoe's gray cart horse and The Black's stable mate in the film The Black Stallion Pepper, from Two Bits & Pepper (1995) Pie, Velvet Brown's horse from National Velvet Pilgrim, from The Horse Whisperer Shetan, from The Young Black Stallion film based on Walter Farley's book. Sylvester, from Sylvester (1985) Taff/Bo, the main horse character in Disney's Ride a Wild Pony The Black, from The Black Stallion and The Black Stallion Returns, based on Walter Farley's books Tír na nÓg from Into the West Tolo, gelding from The Long Shot Two Bits, from Two Bits & Pepper (1995)
Television Bandit, buckskin from Caitlin's Way Blue Jeans, Miley Stewart's horse in Hannah Montana Champion, Gene Autry's horse and the eponymous hero of a 1950s television series Chestnut, from the TV series 2 Broke Girls Fury, a black stallion of the 1950s TV series Fury Mister Ed, eponymous horse of the CBS series, 1961–1966 Meindert het Paard, a horse who is a character in the Dutch TV children's puppet series De Fabeltjeskrant (called Milord the Horse in the British version) Pie-O-My, Ralph Cifaretto's horse from Episodes 44 and 48 of Season 4 of The Sopranos Polka-Dotted Horse, Ludicrous Lion's horse from H.R. Pufnstuf Saddle Club horses from The Saddle Club Silver, the Lone Ranger's horse The Black in Adventures of the Black Stallion Tornado, also occasionally "Toronado", Zorro's black horse Wildfire, from ABC Family's Wildfire
… excerpt ends here. Continue reading the full article.
