Gina Ries
Horses are one of the most gorgeous creatures in the world. Known for living decades, this creature was the reason humans could explore the Oregon Trail and ride across the open prairies. Continue reading to see a lot of famous horse names.
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Famous Horse Names Inspired By Movies
- Checkers, from Moondance Alexander
- Joey, from the movie War Horse
- Flicka, from Flicka (based on the book “My Friend Flicka”)
- Beau, from True Grit with John Wayne
- Sylvester, from Sylvester (1985)
- Cisco, John Dunbar’s buckskin gelding from Dances with Wolves
- Spirit, buckskin stallion from Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
- Big John, from For Richer or Poorer
- 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
- Gulliver, from The Horse Whisperer book and film of the same name
- Oliver Hardy, at the end of Flying Deuces; after he died in a plane crash, he was reincarnated as a horse
- Little Blackie, from the John Wayne film True Grit
- Maximus, horse featured in the animated film Tangled
- Copper, one of the horses ridden by Eddie Dean in his films
- Phillip, Edmund’s horse from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- The Horse of a Different Color, from The Wizard of Oz
- April Love, from April Love (1957)
- Napoleon, Snoe’s gray cart horse and The Black’s stable mate in the film The Black Stallion
- Sprout, from The Parent Trap
Other Famous Horse Names Inspired By Movies
- Cochise, the Appaloosa stallion ridden by John Wayne in the movie El Dorado
- Blue Boy, race horse from Laurel and Hardy’s 1929 comedy short, Wrong Again
- Khartoum, the ill-fated horse from The Godfather
- Sonny, Joe’s horse in My Outlaw Brother
- Lucky Number Slevin, from the movie of the same name
- Two Bits, from Two Bits and Pepper (1995)
- Pie, Velvet Brown’s horse from National Velvet
- Diablo, the black and white pinto from the Cisco Kid movies
- Taff/Bo, the main horse character in Disney’s Ride a Wild Pony
- Bucephalus, from The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and Alexander
- Aldebaran, Antares, Rigel and Altair from Ben-Hur (one of four from the chariot race)
- Bad Horse, from Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
- Pepper, from Two Bits and Pepper (1995)
- Don, talking horse from Hot to Trot
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