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Babieca horse of Ruy Diaz or El Cid whose last instruction was that his body be secured on Babieca, in full armor and with sword raised. When they led the Spanish knights into battle, the moors fled, crying that El Cid had risen from the dead. Ball Brigadier General Francis Marion’s sorrel gelding he captured and named after a British colonel he defeated in a battle near Georgetown, South Carolina Bijou horse of Count Johan Augustus Sandels, Swedish Fieldmarshall, Finnish War 1808-1809 Black Bess highwayman Dick Turpin's horse Black Nell Wild Bill Hickok's horse Black Jack last Quartermaster-issued U.S. Army horse, died February 6, 1976 Blackie Chief Sitting Bull’s horse Blueskin one of General Washington's horses Brown Beauty Paul Revere borrowed this horse for his famous ride Bucephalus Alexander the Great's horse, name means “oxhead” Burmese Queen Elizabeth II’s favourite, a gift from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Buttermilk Dale Evans' horse Byerly Turk one of three stallions from whom all Thoroughbreds are descended Champion Gene Autrey's horse Chetak war horse of Rana Pratap of Mewar in India Cincinnati one of Ulysses S. Grant's horses, his favorite Clever Hans a horse who was supposedly taught to communicate with humans by way of an elaborate “keyboard” Comanche of mustang origin, sole survivor of General George Custer's command at the Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876 Coolcorron Cool Diamond Bay, highest ranking Irish Sport Horse stallion in show jumping Copenhagen Duke of Wellington's horse he rode at the Battle of Waterloo Darley Arabian one of three stallions from whom all Thoroughbreds are descended Diablo The Cisco Kid's horse Echo former Metropolitan police horse, survived the 1982 IRA bombing in Hyde Park Eclipse the horse who won every race he entered, and whose descendants include Desert Orchid, Arkle and all but three of the Derby winners of the past fifty years El Alamein President Ronald Reagan’s favorite white Arabian stallion Gato one of Aimé Tschiffely’s Criollo horses who travelled from Buenos Aires to Washington in the 20s. Gazala horse of Baldwin I of Jerusalem Godolphin Arabian one of three stallions from whom all Thoroughbreds are descended Gun Rock offspring of Man O' War used in the 1920s at UC Davis to breed horses for the U.S. Army Cavalry Halla famed show jumping champion, with two world championships (1954 and 1955) and three Olympic gold medals (1956 and 1960) Hollywood Dun It all-time leading reining sire and Quarter Horse Huaso Chilean bred horse, holder of the high jump world record set in Chile in 1949, one of the world's longest unbroken sport records Incitatus Emperor Caligula's horse Isham Buffalo Bill Cody's white horse Jim Key "Smartest Horse in the World," a star attraction at 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis Jim former milk cart horse used to produce diphtheria antitoxin; contamination of this antitoxin inspired the Biologics Control Act of 1902 Justin Morgan foundation sire of the Morgan horse breed Kasztanka horse of Józef Piłsudski, likely the most famous Polish horse Kincsem (1874–1887) the most successful Thoroughbred race horse ever, who won 54 races for 54 starts King a foundation sire of the Quarter Horse breed Kitty horse belonging to Marshal of Finland Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Lexington US Civil War General William T. Sherman’s horse; Sherman also rode Dolly and Sam Llamrei steed of King Arthur Mancha one of Aimé Tschiffely’s Criollo horses who travelled from Buenos Aires to Washington in the 20s. Marengo Napoleon's horse Matsukaze personal horse of Maeda Keiji Mill House one of the most famous British race-horses in the twentieth century Old Sorrel Stonewall Jackson's horse (sometimes call Little Sorrel or Fancy) Palomo Simon Bolivar’s horse Pinto the Morab who was the only horse to complete the 20,352 miles in the early twentieth century, the longest continuous journey yet made Prometea born May 28, 2003, the first cloned horse and the first to be born from and carried by its cloning mother Red Buck Emmett Dalton’s horse Red Fox Jesse James’s horse Red Rum one of the most famous British race-horses in the twentieth century Rocinante Don Quixote's horse Sampson tallest horse ever recorded; stood 21.2½ hands high Scout Tonto's horse Secretariat an American Thoroughbred racehorse; in 1973, became the first U.S. Triple Crown champion in twenty-five years Sefton cavalry horse that survived the 1982 IRA bombing in Hyde Park despite being penetrated by nails, metal, and scorched by fireballs Serko who carried his Russian rider Dmitri Peshkov across Siberia – in winter Silver The Lone Ranger's horse Streiff Gustavus Adolphus’s horse at the battle of Lützen Tarzan white stallion of actor Ken Maynard Thunder Red Ryder's horse Tony Tom Mix’s horse Tornado El Zorro's horse Traveller US Civil War Confederate General Robert E. Lee's horse Trigger Roy Rogers' Palomino Virginia US Civil War Maj. Gen. Jeb Stuart’s horse credited with saving Stuart from capture by jumping an enormous ditch |
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