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Rugged Lark, famous quarter horse owned by Carol Harris, in the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame; Sampson, the tallest horse ever recorded; a Shire; stood 21.25 hands (86.5 inches; 220 cm) high; Spanker was a 17th century sire of many important horses. Thunder, Red Ryder's horse; Traveler, mascot of the University of Southern California
Mountain and moorland pony breeds, abbreviated "M&M," a specific group of pony breeds native to the British Isles. New Zealand Warmblood, a developing warmblood type based on Hanoverian and KWPF breeding. Oriental horse, the "hot-blooded" breeds originating in the Middle East, such as the Arabian, Akhal-Teke, Barb, and Turkoman horse.
Arion, an immortal, extremely swift horse. Balius and Xanthos, Achilles ' horses. Hippocampus, a sea horse that pulled Poseidon 's chariot. Mares of Diomedes, which fed on human flesh. Pegasus, flying horse of Greek mythology. Phaethon, [ 15] one of the two immortal steeds of the dawn-goddess Eos. Rhaebus, the horse of Mezentius in Roman myths.
The Morgan horse is one of the earliest horse breeds developed in the United States. [1] Tracing back to the foundation sire Figure, later named Justin Morgan after his best-known owner, as well as mares of the now-extinct Narragansett Pacer breed, Morgans served many roles in 19th-century American history, being used as coach horses and for harness racing, as general riding animals, and as ...
Horses in the Middle Ages differed in size, build and breed from the modern horse, and were, on average, smaller. They were also more central to society than their modern counterparts, being essential for war, agriculture, and transport . Consequently, specific types of horse developed, many of which have no modern equivalent.
The Lipizzan or Lipizzaner ( Croatian: Lipicanac, Czech: Lipicán, German: Lipizzaner, Hungarian: Lipicai, Italian: Lipizzano, Serbian: Lipicaner, Slovene: Lipicanec) is a European breed of riding horse developed in the Habsburg Empire in the sixteenth century. It is of Baroque type, and is powerful, slow to mature and long-lived; the coat is ...
Killed at First Bull Run, the horse Ballou was riding when he received his mortal wound at that battle. Jinny. Isaac R. Trimble. Kangaroo. Ulysses S. Grant. One of many secondary horses used by Grant. Kentuck. George B. McClellan. McClellan's favorite horse.
Caballo marino chilote. Cabyll-ushtey. Ceffyl Dŵr. Centaur. Centaurus (Greek mythology) Cheval Gauvin. Cheval Mallet.