List of fictional horses

Literature

• Acorn, Davy's horse in the Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness
• 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
• 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
• Black Gold, from Black Gold by Marguerite Henry
• The Black, from a series of twenty-one books by Walter Farley beginning with The Black Stallion
• Blaze, from a series of children's books by Clarence William Anderson, beginning with Billy and Blaze
• 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, from The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
• Bucephalus of Alexander the Great in Katherine Roberts' novel I Am the Great Horse
• Cloud, the pony owned by Veralidaine Sarrasri, and other ponies, in The Immortals quartet by Tamora Pierce
• 'Companions', 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
• Destrier, horse of Prince Caspian.
• 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
• Fru-Fru, from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
• Fury, from the 1936 original story by Norman Krasna, adapted into a movie the same year
• Gabilan, from John Steinbeck's novel The Red Pony
• Gallant, Adolin Kholin's horse from Brandon Sanderson's series The Stormlight Archive
• Ginger, from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
• Glue-Boy, Cuthbert Allgood's horse from the Dark Tower series by Stephen King
• Goblin, from Johnny Tremaine by Esther Forbes
• The "great horses" owned by Angus Morton in The Chrysalids, the result of an officially sanctioned breeding program; technically, mutants
• Gunpowder, Ichabod Crane's horse from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
• Hatatitla, Old Shatterhand's horse in Karl May's Winnetou
• Hell Bitch, from Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
• 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
• 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
• Misty of Chincoteague, a real pony made famous by Marguerite Henry's children's book of the same name
• 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. Can transform into other modes of transportation, including a limousine.
• 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
• 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
• Pilgrim from The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans and the film based on it
• 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
• 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 and edited by Christopher Tolkien.
• Rocinante, from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes; also the name of fictional horses in several other books and movies
• Roheryn, Aragorn's horse in The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Trotsky, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's horse in the books by Betty MacDonald
• Tsornin, 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
• 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

  Film

• Aldebaran, Antares, Rigel, and Altair from Ben-Hur
• Arizona Pie, Sarah Brown's horse from International Velvet
• April Love, from April Love
• 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
• Broadway Bill, from the 1934 film Broadway Bill, and its 1950 remake, Riding High, starring Bing Crosby
• Bucephalus, from The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and Alexander
• Butch, a stallion residing on the Durango Ranch in Dr. Dolittle 3
• Casey's Shadow, from Casey's Shadow
• 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 and its 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 in The Shootist, 1976
• Don, talking horse from Hot to Trot
• Dover, race horse from My Fair Lady
• Feldspur, Fiyero's horse in Wicked
• 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 journey to be reunited with her in Gypsy Colt
• Hidalgo, paint stallion from the movie of the same name
• 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
• Pepper, from Two Bits & Pepper
• 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 film and book
• 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
• 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 & Pepper''