This is a list of horses and ponies in fictional subjects, excluding hybrid fantasy creatures such as centaurs and unicorns but including pegasi; their cousins, donkeys and zebras; and cross-breed mules and zebroids.
Horses in literature
Abelard, Halt's trained small horse/pony in the Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan
Acorn, Davy's horse in the Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness
Albino, from Thunderhead by Mary O'Hara
Alfonso (or, in Swedish, Lilla Gubben), in the Pippi Longstocking series by Astrid Lindgren
Angharrad, Todd's horse in the Chaos Walking trilogy by Patrick Ness
Appalachian, from Thunderhead by Mary O'Hara
Arod, Legolas's horse in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien
Arondel, Bevis's horse in the Middle English romance Bevis of Hampton
Arroch, Sindarin for 'noble horse', 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
Azarax, from The Byerley Turk by Jeremy James
Azul, the Blue Horse, from The Alchemical Horseman, by Jeremy James
Banner, from My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara
Barnum and Skip, the Wilders' driving team of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books and The First Four Years
Bayard, a magic bay horse in the legends derived from the medieval chansons de geste
Bela, originally owned by Tam al'Thor, and later by Egwene al'Vere, in The Wheel of Time series
Bess and Beauty, two work horses from Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Binky, ridden by Death in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels
Bill the Pony, pack pony for the Fellowship of the Ring in Lord of the Rings.
Black Beauty, from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Black Boy and Rapide, Jill Crewe's ponies from the series by Ruby Ferguson (in later editions, "Black Boy" became "Best Boy")
Black Gold, from Black Gold by Marguerite Henry
The Black (Stallion), from a series of 21 books by Walter Farley beginning with The Black Stallion (1941)
Blackjack, from Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & the Olympians series
Blaze, from a series of children's books by Clarence William Anderson, beginning with Billy and Blaze (1936)
Bless, Goldmund's childhood horse in Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse
Blessing, Celeste's first horse in The Secret Horse by Gina Bertaina
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
Bright Country, Prince Eadric's horse from The Tales of the Frog Princess series by E.D. Baker
Bronze, the Steel General's horse in Roger Zelazny's Creatures of Light and Darkness
Cadoc, from Christopher Paolini's Eragon
Capilet, Sir Andrew's Ague Cheek's horse in William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Act 3, Scene 4
Castor, one of the team of Shire horses owned by farmer Dawson in The Dark Is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper
Chretienne, a horse from The Malloreon by David Eddings
Cigarette, from My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara
Cloud, the pony owned by Veralidaine Sarrasri, and other ponies, in The Immortals quartet by Tamora Pierce
'Companions', which are human spirits reincarnated in the form of white horses in Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series
Condor, the mount of Green Rider Karigan G'ladheon in Kristen Britain's Green Rider series
Dagobaz, Ash's horse from The Far Pavilions by M. M. Kaye
Dilu, the mount of Chinese warlord Liu Bei in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, attributed to Luo Guanzhong
Drinny, the Ranyhyn mount of Lord Mhoram in Stephen R. Donaldson's The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
Faran, Sparhawk's horse in David Eddings' series The Elenium and The Tamuli
Favour, the time-travelling Great Grey Horse in the four-book Messenger series by Monica Dickens, beginning with The Messenger (1985)
Felaróf, tamed by Eorl the Young, and from whom the Mearas of Rohan are descended in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien
Ferd, Carli's telepathic horse in Bertil Mårtensson's This is Reality (Swedish: Detta är verkligheten)
Figure, Justin Morgan's stallion and foundation sire of the Morgan horse breed, Justin Morgan Had a Horse by Marguerite Henry
Firefoot, a horse ridden by Éomer 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
Florian, from Felix Salten's novel Florian: The Emperor’s Stallion
Fru-Fru, from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Fury, from the original story by Norman Krasna, 1936, made into a movie the same year
Gabilan, from John Steinbeck's novel The Red Pony
Glory, from Gene Markey's short story and made into a movie, 1956
Ginger, from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Glue-Boy, Cuthbert Allgood's horse from the Dark Tower series by Stephen King
The "great horses" owned by Angus Morton in The Chrysalids, the result of an officially sanctioned breeding program; technically, mutants
Greatheart, Beauty's horse from Robin McKinley's novel Beauty
Guido, a Pegasus from Rick Riordan's "Percy Jackson"
Gulliver, narrator of Horseplay by Lee Siegel
Gunpowder, Ichabod Crane's horse from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Gypsy, from Gypsy from Nowhere by Sharon Wagner
Hasufel, Gárulf's horse which after his death was given to Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien
Hatatitla, Old Shatterhand's horse in Karl May's Winnetou
Hell Bitch, from Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Highboy, from My Friend Flicka
The Houyhnhnms, a race of intelligent and cultured horses in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Hwin, from The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
Iltschi, Winnetou's horse
Captain Jinks' horse, of the Horse Marines, fed on corn and beans in the nursery rhyme
Jim, cab-horse from Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by L. Frank Baum
Joey, from War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
Kate and Bill, the Wilders' work horses in Laura Ingalls Wilder's The First Four Years
Kholstomer, from the story of the same name by Leo Tolstoy
Lark, from The Berserker's Horse by Lisa Maxwell
Lukas, in the Emil i Lönneberga series by Astrid Lindgren
March Malaen, from Celtic mythology.
Mehryl, the Ranyhyn mount of Hile Troy in Stephen R. Donaldson's The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
Merrylegs, from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Miramis, with golden mane and hooves, from Astrid Lindgren's book Mio, My Son
Misty of Chincoteague, a real pony made famous by Marguerite Henry's children's book of the same name
Myrha, the Ranyhyn mount of High Lord Elena in Stephen R. Donaldson's The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
Monarch, from Jodie's Journey by Colin Thiele
Moonlight, the horse owned by Alanna of Trebond in the Song of the Lioness quartet by Tamora Pierce
Morgenstern, Julian's horse from the Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny
Nana, the racehorse named for the eponymous heroine of Zola's novel Nana, and fictional winner of the Grand Prix de Paris
Napoleon, from The Black Stallion
Nara, a Hunnuli or magical horse, from The Dark Horse series by Mary H. Herbert
Oberon, the "ghost pony" Sarah Elgin finds the remains of in an old stone house, in Lynn Hall's The Mystery of Pony Hollow
Peachblossom, the horse owned by Keladry in the Protector of the Small quartet by Tamora Pierce
Persephone from House of Night by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast
The Phantom, Misty's dam, Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
The Pie, from National Velvet by Enid Bagnold
Pied Piper, sire of Misty, in Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
Pildarlick, one of Panhandle Smith's first horses in Zane Grey's short story "Valley of Wild Horses"
Pilgrim from The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans and the film based on it
Pips, Matrim Cauthon's horse in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time
Pollux, one of the team of Shire horses owned by farmer Dawson in The Dark Is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper
Porkpie, a Pegasus from Rick Riordan's "Percy Jackson"
Prairie horses, from The Horseclans
Prince and Lady, Almanzo Wilder's Morgan horse driving team of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books
Pylon, Susan's horse from the Dark Tower series by Stephen King
Rakhsh, Rostam's horse in Shahnameh
The Ranyhyn, prescient and hyper-intelligent great horses in Steven Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
Red Hare, the mount of Lü Bu and Guan Yu in the Chinese epic Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Rih, Kara Ben Nemsi's horse in Karl May's tales of the Orient
Rival, wild stallion hero of Saddle a Thunderbolt by Jo Sykes
Roach, the name that Geralt of Rivia, from The Witcher series by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski, gives to all his horses
Rochallor, Fingolfin's horse in The Silmarillion by J.R.R Tolkien edited by Christopher Tolkien.
Rocinante, from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes; also the name of fictional horses in several other books and movies
Rocket, Flicka's dam, from My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara
Roheryn, the horse Aragorn rides through the Paths of the Dead and onto the Pelennor Fields in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien
Rusher, Roland's horse from the Dark Tower series by Stephen King
Sam and David, the Ingalls family work horses of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie
Sea Star from Sea Star: Orphan of Chincoteague
Scipio, from Rick Riordan's Heroes of Olympus series
Secret, from Gina Bertaina's The Secret Horse
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
Sir Chess, the Knight Destrier, in Linda Medley's Castle Waiting
Smiler, Theon Greyjoy's warhorse from A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin
Smoky, from Smoky the Cow Horse, written and illustrated by Will James
Snowfire, from Christopher Paolini's Eragon
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
Stardust, from Ashleigh's Hope by Joanna Campbell
Starlight from Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Stayer and Stepper, Perrin's horses in The Wheel of Time series
Stormy, from Stormy, Misty's Foal by Marguerite Henry
Stranger, Sandor Clegane's warhorse from A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin
Sunchaser from The Unicorns Of Balinor by Mary Stanton
Sunfire, from Ravenheart and Sorrowheart by Kendra Ann Thomas
Sunka Wakan, from The Great Spirit Horse by Linda Little Wolf
Sunstorm, from Ashleigh's Hope by Joanna Campbell
Talat, Aerin's horse in The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
Tencendur, Charlemagne's warhorse in The Song of Roland
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
Topthorn, from War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
Tornac, from Christopher Paolini's Eragon
Trojan Horse (a structure), from Virgil's Aeneid; Homer's The Odyssey; Franco Brusati's Ulysses; Hugh Gray's The Treatment of Helen of Troy; Margaret George's Helen of Troy; and Adele Geres' Troy
Trotsky, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's horse in the books by Betty MacDonald
Tsornin (Sungold), Harry Crewe's horse in The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
Tug, Will's trained small horse/pony in the Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan
Veillantif (also called Brigliadoro), Roland's horse in the chansons de geste
Watch Eyes, pony of Paul and Maureen Beebe, characters in Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
Whinney and her offspring, Racer and Grey, from the Earth's Children books
Whirlwind from Shadow Horse by Alison Hart
Windfola, who carries both Éowyn and Merry Brandybuck in the charge of the Rohirrim on the Pelennor Fields in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien
Wings, sire of Stormy, in Stormy, Misty's Foal by Marguerite Henry
Horses in film
Aldebaran, Antares, Rigel and Altair from Ben-Hur (one of four from the chariot race)
Arizona Pie, Sarah Brown's horse from International Velvet
April Love, from April Love (1957)
Artax, Atreyu's Horse from The NeverEnding Story
Bad Horse, from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Beau, from True Grit with John Wayne
Beric, Lancelot's horse, from Knights of the Round Table with Robert Taylor
Big John, from For Richer or Poorer
The Black Stallion, from The Black Stallion and The Black Stallion Returns, based on Walter Farley's books; played by the Arabian stallion Cass Ole
The Young Black Stallion from The Young Black Stallion film based on Walter Farley's book.
Blue Boy, race horse from Laurel and Hardy's 1929 comedy short, Wrong Again
Bucephalus, from The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and Alexander
Checkers, from Moondance Alexander
Cisco, John Dunbar's buckskin gelding from Dances with Wolves
Cochise, the Appaloosa stallion ridden by John Wayne in the movie El Dorado
Conquistador, the General's horse stolen and rescued by Pablito from The Littlest Outlaw
Copper, one of the horses ridden by Eddie Dean in his films
Denny, the buckskin gelding of The Man From Snowy River (also appeared in the sequel, The Man from Snowy River II)
Diablo, the black and white pinto from the Cisco Kid movies
Dollar, the horse of John Wayne's character (John Bernard "J.B." Books) in The Shootist, 1976
Don, talking horse from Hot to Trot
Dover, race horse from My Fair Lady (does not appear on screen)
Flash, from Flash
Flicka, from Flicka (based on the book My Friend Flicka)
Ginger, from Black Beauty
Goliath, from Ladyhawke
Gulliver, from The Horse Whisperer book and film of the same name
Gunpowder, Constable Ichabod Crane's horse in the film The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Gypsy, Meggie MacWade's horse, which undertakes a 500-mile journey over treacherous terrain to be reunited with her in Gypsy Colt
Hidalgo, paint stallion from the movie of the same name (disputed)
The Horse of a Different Color, from The Wizard of Oz
Joey, from the movie War Horse
Little Blackie, from the John Wayne film True Grit
Lucky Number Slevin, from the movie of the same name
Khartoum, the ill-fated horse from The Godfather
Maximus, horse featured in the animated film Tangled
Napoleon, Snoe's gray cart horse and The Black's stable mate in the film The Black Stallion
Nurah and Thebes, the horses of Pharaoh Ramses from Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 The Ten Commandments
Oliver Hardy, at the end of Flying Deuces; after he died in a plane crash, he was reincarnated as a horse
Pepper, from Two Bits and Pepper (1995)
Phillip, Edmund's horse from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Pie, Velvet Brown's horse from National Velvet
Pilgrim, troubled, injured horse from The Horse Whisperer book and movie
Shadowfax from Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Sonny, Joe's horse in My Outlaw Brother
Spirit, buckskin stallion from Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Sprout, from The Parent Trap
Sylvester, from Sylvester (1985)
Taff/Bo, the main horse character in Disney's Ride a Wild Pony
Tír na nÓg from Into the West
Tolo, gelding from The Long Shot
Two Bits, from Two Bits and Pepper (1995)
Horses in television
Alípio, from puppet series Cocoricó
Amigo, Cordell Walker's horse in the TV series Walker, Texas Ranger
Argo, from Xena: Warrior Princess
Bandit, buckskin from Caitlin's Way
The Black Stallion in Adventures of the Black Stallion
Blue Jeans, Miley Stewart's horse in Hannah Montana
Buck, the buckskin horse of Ben Cartwright on the TV series Bonanza
Buck, the buckskin horse ridden by Trampas in the TV series The Virginian
Champion the Wonder Horse, the eponymous hero of a 1950s television series
Chestnut, from the TV series 2 Broke Girls
Chico, also his real name, Queen of Swords' horse
Chub, Chubb, or Chubby, the horse of Hoss Cartwright on the Bonanza television series
Cochise, Little Joe's horse on the Bonanza television series
Cocoa, Nick Barkley's horse on The Big Valley TV series (Cocoa was retired at the end of the Hunter's Moon episode in Season Four)
Domino, the pinto ridden by Bill Longley, played by Rory Calhoun in The Texan TV series
Fury, the eponymous black stallion of the 1950s TV series
Grace's Secret, Tommy's racehorse in Series 2 of Peaky Blinders
Hercules, Steptoe and Son's horse
Joe D., the horse ridden by the Virginian in the TV series The Virginian
Katy, the paint mare belonging to The Kid from The Young Riders
Li'l Sebastian, the little horse beloved by Pawnee, Indiana in the sitcom Parks and Recreation
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.
Pie-O-My, Ralph Cifaretto's horse from Episodes 44 and 48 of Season 4 of The Sopranos
Phantom, Zorro's white horse in the Disney series Zorro
Pokey, the pony from The Gumby Show
Polka-Dotted Horse, Ludicrous Lion's horse from H.R. Pufnstuf
Ringo, the black horse with the white star ridden by Josh Randall in all but the first few episodes of the TV series Wanted Dead or Alive
Saddle Club horses from The Saddle Club
Scout, Tonto's horse
Silver, the Lone Ranger's horse
Sophie, Colonel Potter's horse on M*A*S*H
Spartan, Amy Fleming's horse from Heartland
Sport, the chestnut gelding of Adam Cartwright on the television series Bonanza
Superstar, the real name of the black horse who played James West's horse in the TV series The Wild Wild West
Tornado, Zorro's black horse
Victor, the Lone Ranger's nephew's horse
Wildfire, from ABC Family's Wildfire
Horses in animation
Achilles, horse of Captain Phoebus in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Altivo, Cortez's warhorse from DreamWorks' The Road to El Dorado
Angus, horse of Merida in Disney's Brave
BoJack Horseman, the titular alcoholic celebrity horse in BoJack Horseman
Bucephalus, demon-horse of Alexander the Great from Reign: The Conqueror
Buck, the sheriff's horse from Home on the Range
Bullseye, Woody's horse in Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3
Burrito, a winged donkey that Gauchito finds in the Flying Gauchito segment of The Three Caballeros.
Captain, the authoritative farm horse in Disney's 101 Dalmatians
Chet, from The Littlest Pet Shop
Cyril Proudbottom, Toad's helpful but clumsy horse friend in Disney's The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
De Royal, Double Eight, Chestnut, Mikagehomare, Miyako, and Rosanna from Silver Spoon
Deablo the Horse, from Johnny Bravo.
Donny the White Horse, Bubbles' friend in the reboot of The Powerpuff Girls.
Frou-Frou, from Aristocats
Fun Saiki, from Mobile Fighter G Gundam
Gallopin' Gals
Horace Horsecollar from the Walt Disney cartoons
Horse, Dudley Do-Right's horse in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
Horse, from Centaurworld
Ico, from Ico, el Caballito valiente
James Baxter, from Adventure Time
Khan, the Fa family's horse from Disney's Mulan
Kokuoh, Raoh's horse from Fist of the North Star
Lightning, from Dinozaurs: The Series
Majesty, from Barbie & Her Sisters in A Pony Tale
Major, from Cinderella (1950 film).
Maximus, the horse who pursued Flynn Rider in Disney's Tangled
Mr. Horse from Ren and Stimpy
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
Noble Heart Horse, a Care Bears Cousin from the television series and films
Opal, in Ribon no Kishi
Pharfignewton, Pinky's girlfriend on Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain
Phillipe, Belle and her father's horse from Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Pony Puff Princess, Dee Dee's idol in Dexter's Laboratory
Ponycorn, from Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden
Ponygon and his parents, Kardio from Zatch Bell!
Princess, Lisa's horse in The Simpsons
Quick Draw McGraw, of Hanna-Barbera's cartoon series
Rain, the paint mare from Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Sabure, in Tari Tari
Samson, Prince Phillip's horse from Disney's Sleeping Beauty
Spirit from She-Ra
Spirit, the stallion from Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Starlight and Skydancer, from Rainbow Brite
Tempest, Princess Sissi's horse from the show of the same name
Thirty/Thirty, the Equistroid Deputy of Marshal BraveStarr
Thowra, the Silver Brumby in The Silver Brumby cartoon series
Yato, from Legend of Basara
Horses in comics
Alsan, from Red River
Arabesque, Blutch's horse in Les Tuniques Bleues, whom he has trained to fall down during battle so he can act as if he is wounded and thus survive the battles.
Basashi, from K -Memory of Red- and K -Days of Blue-
Billy Boy, in Bamse by Rune Andréasson
Blue Horse and Brown Horse, two programmers from the web comic horse++
Butter Rum, Firestar’s horse that dies in a stable fire secretly set by Emma Frost.
Comet, Supergirl's pet horse
Godasse, horse of the French soldier Godaille in the comics series Godaille et Godasse by Jacques Sandron.
Het Gouden Paard, a horse whose skin is gold. Appears in the Suske en Wiske story Het Gouden Paard.
Hero, the fastest horse in the world; owned by The Phantom.
Hirnu the pony, the protagonist of Hirnu, a Finnish comic strip by Joonas.
Hortense, Scrooge McDuck's horse in The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck by Don Rosa
Jolly Jumper, Lucky Luke's horse and friend in Lucky Luke.
Kipper, the pony of Penelope in Penelope by Norman Thelwell.
Little Thunder, the personal pony of Yakari
Lucy, pet horse and special friend to Danae in Wiley Miller's Non Sequitur
Midori no Makibaō
Nightmare, from Casper the Friendly Ghost.
Rik Drie ("Rik Three"). A horse of Nero in the story "Het Geheim van Bakkendoen" ("The Secret of Bakkendoen"). It turns invisible due to a serum. Nero named him "Rik Three", because "he is even greater than Rik One and Rik Two" (Cyclist champions Rik Van Steenbergen and Rik Van Looy were popularly nicknamed "Rik One" and "Rik Two", because they were active around the same time.)
Rin Sohma in the form of a horse, from Fruits Basket.
Het Rijmende Paard ("The Rhyming Horse"). He is the horse of Saint Martin of Tours on Antoon van Dyck's famous painting. In the Suske en Wiske album "Het Rijmende Paard" he is brought alive and escapes, causing the protagonists to start a search for him.
Ruby. The horse of cowboy Jerry Spring.
Slow Dancer, fictional Appaloosa of Johnny Joestar from Steel Ball Run
Steve, the carthorse in Roland Davies' comic strip Come On, Steve.
Spark Plug. He is the horse of Barney Google.
Thunder. He is the horse of Red Ryder.
Troy. The family's horse in The Timbertoes.
Horses in song
Badger, a possibly unrideable horse in the song "The Scene We All Ain't Saw" by Chris LeDoux
Becky, the mule from Carl Perkins' Movie Magg.
Bottle of Smoke, the eponymous horse in the song by The Pogues
The Brute, a horse ridden for the first time in the song "The Continental Suit"
Chestnut Mare, the eponymous horse in the song by The Byrds
Feitlebaum, the racehorse who always comes up from behind to finish first (even in a car race) in songs by Doodles Weaver (performed with Spike Jones and his City Slickers)
Galway Bay, the 'coal-black mare with a white starred chest' in the song "The Galway Farmer" by Steve Knightly of Show of Hands
Henry the Horse, the waltzing horse from The Beatles' "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite" (based on a real horse called Zanthus, from Pablo Fanque's Circus Royal)
The Horse With No Name, the horse in the eponymous song by America
Leroy, the cowboy's horse in Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) by Big & Rich
Lisette, crazed horse in the song "Run Lisette" by Glass Hammer
Mac, from Mason Proffit's "Two Hangmen"
Mighty Little from Frank Zappa's "Montana"
Molly O'Brian and Tenbrooks, who raced in the song "The Ballad of Molly and Tenbrooks" written by Bill Monroe
The Old Gray Mare, the horse in the eponymous song
Old Red, a bucking bronc who'd never been ridden in the eponymous song by Chris LeDoux
Paul Revere, the horse from the song of the same name, Paul Revere, by the Beastie Boys
Een paard in de gang, a horse which somehow ended up in neighbour Jansen's hallway. From the eponymous song by comedian André van Duin.
Pinto the wonder horse from the song by Tom T. Hall.
Seven Horses in the Sky, seven horses who appeared in the sky, according to the 1969 eponymous hit song by The Pebbles.
Sorrow, the name of the carnie's horse in the Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds song "The Carnie"
Stewball, from the eponymous song by Peter, Paul and Mary
The Strawberry Roan, an unrideable horse in the eponymous song performed by Marty Robbins, Chris LeDoux, and others
The Tennessee Stud, the horse in the eponymous song written by Jimmy Driftwood and later covered by Doc Watson and Johnny Cash.
Trigger, the horse who pulled the fastest milkcart in the West in Benny Hill's Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West).
Wildfire, the horse in the eponymous song by Michael Martin Murphey
The Yellow Stud, an unrideable horse in the eponymous song performed by Chris LeDoux
Horses in video games
Aaron, a merhorse/seahorse monster in Undertale
Agro, the horse of Wander, and Phaedra, the 4th Colossus in Shadow of the Colossus
Arvak, a skeletal horse with blue flames in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, obtained after completing the "Soul Cairn Horse Quest"
"The Boss's Horse", an Andalusian horse who appears in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (as a painting), and in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker as the temporary steed of Big Boss
Butt Stallion in Borderlands 2, a pure diamond horse owned by Handsome Jack
Callus, the horse that takes Joel and Ellie to the University of Eastern Colorado and Silver Lake in The Last of Us
Despair, horse of Death in Darksiders II
Epona, Link's horse in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. She also appears The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild as a special horse obtained via the amiibo Rune.
Frost, a breeding stallion in V: Skyrim, obtained after completing the quest "Promises to Keep"
Geryon, demon horse in Devil May Cry 3
Hudson Horstachio, Viva Pinata
Invincible, undead steed of Arthas, the Lich King in World of Warcraft.
Ixion, one of Yuna's summons from Final Fantasy X
Kage (Shadow), Nobu (Trust) and Sora (Sky), each a starter horse from Ghost of Tsushima
Mary Lou, Hank Hoffman Jr.'s horse in Dragon Quest IV, who pulls the party's wagon; in the original NES release, she is named Primrose
Matsukaze, from the video game series Samurai Warriors
Old Gary, the rotten old horse from Peasant's Quest
Red Hare, from the video game series Dynasty Warriors
Roach, Geralt of Rivia's mare in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Ruin, horse of War in Darksiders
Shadowmere, a black horse with red eyes in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and V: Skyrim, obtained after joining the Dark Brotherhood
Smith, Iolo's horse in the Ultima series, who talks and can give clues
Torrent, a spirit steed bearing a set of horns given to the protagonist by Melina in Elden Ring