I am not talking about great race horses, but rather horses such as Bucefalo/Bucephalus who belonged to Alexander the Great, or Rocinante who belonged to Don Quixote. Horses of historical or literary renown.
2006-07-13 16:21:05 · 13 answers · asked by 7 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
COMANCHE, Only Survivor of the Battle of the Little Big Horn
THE DANCING CIRCUS HORSE, friend of Sitting Bull
FIGURE, Founder of America's First Breed (Morgan Horse)
TRAVELLER, Robert E. Lee's War Horse
BLACK JACK, The Last U.S. Army Horse
WINCHESTER, General Philip H. Sheridan's horse during most of the Civil War
HALEB, Also known as the "Pride of the Desert", this Arabian horse beat 19 Morgan horses winning the Justin Morgan Cup in Vermont on June 1907
LITTLE SORREL, or "Fancy" as he was known, became famous as the mount of General Stonewall Jackson
CINCINNATI, presented to U. S. Grant in 1864 and immediately identified as his favorite horse
RECKLESS, Korean War Horse of the Marines
2006-07-13 16:40:47 · answer #1 · answered by Dark 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Famous Horses In History
2016-11-13 06:03:51 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Copenhagen - Wellington's horse at Waterloo
Marengo - Napoleon's
Incitatus - the horse the Emperor Caligula made a Roman Senator
Black Bess - the horse the highwayman Dick Turpin is supposed to have ridden from London to York to give himself an alibi.
2006-07-13 16:44:10 · answer #3 · answered by UKJess 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tough question, because the most famous horse is the one that everyone knows the most, not the greatest, so Seabiscuit is an instant contender, considering the movie.. However, Secretariat would have to be my answer, given his own movie, and simply putting together the most dominant race in the triple crown ever. There will probably be another Seabiscuit, I don't think you'll ever see another Secretariat.
2016-03-13 07:01:48 · answer #4 · answered by Maria 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hidalgo-Frank T. Hopkin's mustang that raced over 3,000 miles accross the Arabian desert to win a race. These horses were also used in the Pony Express, and help to built our country and opened up communication into the western states. President Rutherford B. Hayes, also known as the "Dark Horse" president, not only loved horses, his own, personal horse, is buried on his estate, near his own children.
2006-07-13 16:31:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The movie Hildalgo was based on a real life horse, so there's one for you.
Mythologically, there's the father of all winged horses, Pegasus, who sprung whole from the neck of the Gorgon when Perseus decapitated and slew her.
2006-07-13 16:29:09 · answer #6 · answered by Namon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most famous horse in ancent times was Bucephalus, the horse of Alexander the Great.
2006-07-13 18:15:01 · answer #7 · answered by travis_a_duncan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beucepholis was Alexander the Great's horse
Might have spelled it wrong, but the name is right
2006-07-13 18:28:56 · answer #8 · answered by sollflower 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Incitatus is my favorite. He was the horse of the insane Roman Emperor Caligula. He provided Incitatus with a marble stable, an ivory manger, purple blankets, and a collar embedded with precious stones. He had promised Incitatus that he would appoint him as consul, meaning he would make him a Senator. Unfortunately for the horse, Caligula died before he had fulfilled that promise.
2006-07-13 19:41:17 · answer #9 · answered by musical_miranda 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Little Sorrel - Stonewall Jackson
King Philip - Nathan Bedford Forrest
Red Pepper - Patrick Cleburne
Traveller - Robert E. Lee
Cincinnatus - US Grant
Rienzi - Phil Sheridan
These are off the top of my head see link below for more.
2006-07-13 17:42:18 · answer #10 · answered by KERMIT M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋