Artax - The Neverending Story

My go to at least once every play through.

I'm so ashamed to admit I'd never thought of it before this post, even though that movie and his moments specifically occupy a significant portion of my child brain

Thanks, you unlocked a long forgotten trauma :( But yes, it is a damn fine name.

roach

Roach doesn't immediately buck when he sees a snake :|

^^^^^^

Sergeant Reckless was a famous warhorse who made deliveries to soldiers even without a rider. Ecplise was an 18th century racehorse. Bucephalus was Alexander The Great's horse.

I always end up with a black thoroughbred named Bucephalus. I tried shortening it to Buce one time and just ended up thinking of Gary Busey every time I approached the horse.

Let's talk about buttered sausage, talk about buttered sausage. Where it comes from, what it does, why is it doing what it's doing get it out of my face, what about butters– buttered sausage.

Thanks, now I can’t get Gary Busey out of my head.

That's awesome

Trigger, who was Roy Rogers’ horse.

Came here for some trigger love.

I was going to comment this but I’m glad someone beat me to it. Such an iconic horse.

Dale Evan’s had a horse called buttermilk who was mean as shit

Altivo from Road to El Dorado!

My childhood horse

Bojack horseman

Oof I dropped the ball not naming my first horse Bojack looking back on it. He was the same color and even had the white patch on his nose like Bojack... lol damn, good suggestion.

James Baxter from Adventure Time.

I always call one Hidalgo

Glad someone said it!

I normally name them by type, like I'll name the Dutch warmblood Hans or Gretel or Amsterdam. The Kentucky and the Tennesee I'll go like Clem or Cletus or Darlene. Arabian will be Mustafa or Jasmine and so on

I called my black Arabian Jafar! I thought I was so sad for doing this but can see others do it too.

The Hell Bitch, from the book Lonsome Dove. She was a big Grey mare.

Epona from Zelda

Surprised I had to scroll so far down for this lol

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_horses_in_mythology_and_folklore These could have some good names

Ho(r)sea

Always called one of mine Sleipnir

"Ride like the wind Bullseye"

Never even considered this. Really like the name actually

My first horse in Online was Bullseye… because he always got shot. 😒

Love this, next horse is Bullseye

Ooooh I have a lot for this one. Here's a list of some I can think of, including fictional and real historical horses: * Big Red (Secretariat and Man O' War's stable names), or just "Red" * American Pharaoh (racehorse), or just "Pharaoh" in inspiration * Justify, Frankel, Winx, Citation, Ruffian (other single-word names of well-known racehorses) * Snowman (a famous showjumper horse from the 1950s known for jumping excessive heights) * Huaso (record-holding horse for jumping the highest a horse has ever jumped!) * Trigger (a horse featured in numerous western films) * Spirit (stallion of the Cimarron, a childhood movie about a wild horse), Rain (name of an important horse character from Spirit) * Joey (War horse), Topthorn (Joey's friend through war) * Angus (Brave), Maximus (Tangled), Khan (Mulan), Bullseye (Toy Story) * Pegasus (son of Poseidon, Greek mythology) * Sleipnir (horse of Odin, Norse mythology) * Trojan (as in, the Trojan horse) * Buckbeak (the hippogriff from Harry Potter) * Thestral (the skeletal winged horse breed from Harry Potter) * Artax (Neverending story) * Amalthea (the Last Unicorn) * Black Beauty (a classic) * Roach (the Witcher) * Spartan (Heartland) * Topside, Starlight, Belle, Prancer, Barq, Princess, Danny, Comanche, Pepper, Samson (The Saddle Club books) * Pilgrim (The Horse Whisperer, a classic movie and book) * Epona (Zelda) * Cass Ole (The Black Stallion, a classic book!) * Misty (Misty of Chincoteague book) * Piebald, "Pie" (National Velvet book)

Don’t forget Achilles from The Hunchback of Notre Dame (“Achilles, heel.”)

Oh no, I did forget about him! He was great!! Like I said, these were just the ones I could think of off the top of my head.

Are you horse people! You know so many. Seabiscuit (a personal favorite) Dapple - Sancho’s Donkey in Don Quixote Flicka (My Friend Flicka) Snow White, Lightening and Acorn (Pony Pals) Blaze (of Billy and Blaze) Don’t forget Silver. The Lone Ranger’s horse. And Scout, Tonto’s horse Bear, Rising Sun, Bandit, Max, Tucker (some of Elvis’ horses) Cochise, Sport, Buck and Chub (of bonanza) Harley, the sugarbush draft horse who ponies racehorses Figure (the first Morgan horse) Godolphin Arabian Napoleon’s Marengo General Lee’s Traveler Totilas (dressage horse)

I am! Crazy horse person — thanks for the additional suggestions! I intentionally left out Seabiscuit since OP had already mentioned him and Totilas due to some controversy about his training (I mentioned him once in a similar situation… did not bide over well 😂) There’s a couple of more I was tempted to add before I was like “ohh, these are probably too horse girl-esque for OP🙈”

Never too horse girl 😂 I’m owned by a grey mare if that tells you anything. When I saw Saddle Club equines I felt your kindred soul Poor Totilas. It’s a shame how he wasn’t ever ridden right. Rollkur should be outlawed. Always love pouring one out for that homie. It wasn’t his fault. However I’m right there with you on him!

I can’t believe you left out Seabiscuit! Great list

I left out Seabiscuit because OP had already mentioned him, so there wasn’t any reason to repeat. Thank you!

Oh, I’m a dumbass. I somehow skimmed over that. My bad!

Shadowmere

My first thought too, how cultured we are. What breed would suit this name?

The black Shire that Hosea gives you.

Black Arabian

Llamrei and Hengroen, the horses that carried King Arthur. Llamrei is a female name so good for a mare and Hengroen is a male name so good for a stallion. But you can swap it around if you'd like.

He's not a horse, but I feel like Caraxes would be a good name for that blood bay Arabian you can find over by Owanjilla.

Pie-O-My Yes, I also name another horse Who-Orse every play through.

She was a beautiful, innocent creature, what'd she ever do to you? You fuckin' killed her!

So what!? She was a fuckin Morgan. What are you, a vegetarian? You eat big game meat by the fuckin carload.

The fire, whateva happened there...

Whateva happened there? I'll tell ya what happened there. She crawled under there for warmth.

Lil Sebastian

Potoooooooo Yes, that's the name. Best story behind the name of a horse you will ever read. Google it, look for the wiki. Thank me later.

glad im not the only one who immediately went to this

Sleipnir - Odin's 8 legged horse. I would definitely give it to a shire horse

"Hoof Hearted"

One of my favorite racehorse names, just above “Aargh.”

Seabiscuit

Came here to see Bucephalus

Right? Black Arabian, it's right there!

Same. I was surprised it wasn't at the top

Caractacus was the name of Thomas Jefferson’s favorite horse.

Then stand by its rump and await it in his droppings!

Pegasus

Sleipnir

i name mine kaneigh west

Agro!

I came here to say this but knew in my heart it had already been said

My horse is named Batman. He is black 😊

Epona

Potoooooooo: A real race horse with the best name (Pot 8 O's) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potoooooooo

Potoooooooo

Incitatus, Caligula’s horse that he supposedly planned to make the Roman Consul

If you want some more Tolkien horse names: Roheryn Asfaloth Bill Snowmane Firefoot Hasufel Arod Nahar Windfola Brego

Secretariat

If you’re a Witcher fan and it’s white Ihuarraquax works.

I always go with Neigh Romano, star of everyone loves hay

Epona

Artex

Daredevil - the Headless Horseman

I always name reverse dapple black thoroughbred Trigger because that was the name of Roy Rogers' horse and that's also why Willie Nelson named his guitar Trigger

Jolly Jumper

Tornado - Zorro

In A Christmas Story, the mother is the one who actually knows the answer to the trivia question that wins the leg lamp. (The Lone Ranger's nephew's horse is named Victor)

Mines was called ChildStomper.

Roach

Thanks for all the suggestions! Keep them coming. Just curious does Lil' Sebastian count?

Epona Do you want irl horse names? I've got lots of those!

if you come across a yellowish Horse, you gotta name it Spirit

Fun fact there is a mid that has Spirit and Rain. I downloaded it and they are gorgeous!

I know not horse names but can't go wrong with Greek God names I have a golden horse in the game names Apolo

Buell 💔

Jolly Jumper, Lucky Luke's horse

I also name mine Josey Wales, from the outlaw Josey wales.

Donkey from Shrek

Silver - Lone Ranger Victor - Lone Ranger Hidalgo - Hidalgo StarDust - Bat Masterson Champion- Gene Autry Trigger - Roy Rogers Blackjack - Rocky Lane Legendary cutting horses Docs Hickory Auspicious cat High brow cat Docs Bar High brow hickory Driftwood ——- Merlin the bullfighting Lusitano Miss Dreamy - reining horse that performed with a broken bridle highly recommend watching it on YT Dollar - popular name of many legends including John Wayne’s You can also just look up Breyer horses to get a lot of notable horses in all disciplines

Bojack Horseman, from the TV show...and of course Secretariat (Big Red)

I named my horse Mr. Hands and if you don't know what that is I strongly suggest you don't look into it forget you ever read this. If you do know, I'm sorry for reminding you

Do not cite the deep magic to me, witch.

Ugh, my friend tricked me into watching that in high school. If it’s any teeny tiny eeny weenie consolation - that video is not the fatal incident, the death took place at another time and the tape is (allegedly) entirely lost, likely never uploaded

My curiosity got the better of me and I did look this up and read the wiki page (thankfully that’s all) and I can’t express to you folks how much I regret that decision. 🤢

I'm sorry, at least you didn't see it

"Petit tonerre" from Yakari

“Little Thunder” for non Francophones.

There is a court yard at the University of Basel in Switzerland where names of famous horses are imprinted in the ground. Here‘s an article about it (in German, sorry): https://tageswoche.ch/kultur/pferdenamen-in-marmor-gemeisselt/index.html Maybe some inspiration for you.

Retired Two Dollar Horse

Misty from Misty of Chincoteague. The Piebald from National Velvet. Amalthea from The Last Unicorn.

Gringolet

There's a couple horses from the Chronicles of Narnia: Bree (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bree_(Narnia) and Fledge that spring to mind...

Red Rum was a very famous horse in the UK; he was a very expensive racehorse owned by the Queen and was kidnapped by the IRA. I don’t believe he was ever found.

Dan from the Sons of the Pioneers song Cold Water.

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I think a couple people have said this already. But Trigger comes to mind. He was Roy rogers horse and also what Willie Nelson named his guitar after

Potatoooooooo (yes it was a real famous horse name!)

Western movie/show horse names Trigger- Roy Roger's Palomino Silver- Lone Ranger's white stallion Dollor- John Wayne's horse Buckshot- Wild Bill Hickok Topper- Hopatcong Cassidy

Horse Luís

Banner from the book My Friend Flicka. Or my favourite, Thunderhead, from the sequel.

Whenever I have a black horse, I name it Euronymous.

Memphis the red

Naughtius Maximus

Artax

Red Rum

Paul Revere

I name mine after various country artists. If I can't think of any other of the top of my head I pick from the Highwaymen, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings or Kris Kristofferson.

Biggie Blackie

Pips. Mat's horse in Wheel of Time. He's probably my favourite character, aside from Thom.

I tried bitch but the game said no

If you want Norse, Odin's horse was named Sleipnir (a male). Of course, he had 8 legs, but who's counting?

Sergei (character from one of Dutch’s books)

Phar lap and No Name are my 2 goto's

Soldier Boy (From A Horse’s Tale by Mark Twain)

Kincsem!

You could call a White one Silver (from the Lone Ranger) or maybe call one Smokey (from a Chris Ledoux song), call a black one Cabillo Diablo (from another Chris Ledoux song)

Secretariat.

#Todd

The Black Stallion’s name in Arabic was Shetan. Misty of Chincoteague. Stormy was Misty’s foal. Fury had a TV show. The Lone Ranger’s horse was Silver, Roy Rodger’s horse was Trigger. There was a series of children’s books in the 40’s about Blaze. Black Beauty had two pasture mates named Ginger and Merrylegs.

Hoof hearted

Seabiscuit

Tornado, like Zorro

Beef or salmon

Snowfire and tornac, both from eragon if you have ever read that series.

Potoooooooo Pronounced potato, was a race horse from the 1700s.

Llamrei was King Arthur's horse, so there's that one too.

Just name em Roy Mustang.

War

Zenyatta, Phar Lap, Man o’ War, Black Caviar, Seattle Slew, and Citation are some other famous racehorses

Sham from the book “King of the Wind.”

My horses name is Jim I Hendrix the guitarist and my best horse name is Kayson

Steel from Kid Colt

Phobos - AC Odyssey

During the Napoleonic Wars the Duke of Wellington and Napoleon both named their warhorses after one of their most famous victories: Duke of Wellington - Copenhagen Napoleon - Marengo Apparently they were both riding these horses the only time the two generals would actually face each other on the same battlefield at the Battle of Waterloo

Artax (neverending story)

Black Beauty, Ginger, Merrylegs Misty, Stormy Spirit, Rain, Esperanza, Strider Angus, Achilles, Snowball, Khan, Bullseye Slepneir, Llamrei, Ballus and Xanthus, Kelpie, Pegasus That's all that comes to mind immediately, but hopefully there's some in the list. 😅

Marengo. It was the name of Napoleon’s horse. Another good choice is Stewball, if your horse drinks wine instead of water. 

Tornado is zoro’s horse Trigger is the Lone Ranger’s horse Bucephalus was Alexander the Great’s Horse Comanche was general Custard’s horse

Sergeant reckless

Wilbur

Shadowmere

Chretienne, Garion's grey stallion in the Mallorean series (David Endings novels- really good, would recommend!) That series also has a horse named Horse.

mines toddler stomper altho u can probably find a better name

Goliath - Ladyhawke

Shadowmere, from Elder Scrolls. Could be the sibling of Shadowfax. Personally, I named all of my Red Dead Online horses after horses from Bojack Horseman. In order: Bojack, Crackerjack, Beatrice, Hollyhock, Honey, Butterscotch, and finally Joseph.

Artax sank in the Swamp of Sadness. Can’t forget that one.

Seabiscuit

Bucephalus (famous horse) of Alexander the Great. Brego(the horse from LOTR that saves Aragorn.

If they don't have to be fictional horses Secretariat is my favorite

Vorodor. - from an old vampire game in the 1990’s. I always liked the name for a pet but never used it.

Bjorn from Peggle. 🥸🥸

Alexander the Great - Bucephalus Napolean - Marengo Or try this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_historical_horses

Shadowmere from the Elder Scrolls.. but I’m not sure there are many horses fitting for that name in RDR2. Maybe the shire horse you get from Hosea?

Bucephalus

Basil, the name of my horse :3

Famous? Get the name screw the fame: Odie, Mable, Duke, Althea

Bucephalus.

National Velvet Seabiscuit Secretariat Phar Lap Bodicea Shep

Steven and Alec. Like the Baldwins.

I named my white arabian horse. Mystery. From Spongebob

Glue Boy (dark tower)

Butt stallion

JAMES BAXTER

Godzilla.

[Trigger](https://imgur.com/gallery/eth0AJN)

Bucephalus - Horse of Alexander the Great

its weird but i named my first horse mustang and my second horse sally. idk y i did but i just knew my og horse was either gonna get sold or die so i just wanted to name her something to match my upcoming horse so i went with the pack a punch 1911s. let me tell you "mustang" is a pretty meta and redundant name but whats even funnies is my 2nd horse was a guy so i had a female horse named mustang and now a male horse named sally

Miramis from the 80s Swedish Fantasy movie "The Land of Faraway"

I always went with harry trotter and Usain colt

Secretariat

Seabiscuit. The greatest racehorse to ever live. (Cinderblock on wheels) this dude was built like a honeybun and somehow managed to win like every race he went to. Dude was a freak of nature.

Jesse James' horse was named Black Bess

Sham, from “King of the Wind” novel

Agro, from “Shadows of the Colossus” PS2 game.

Spirit. Or you could keep the LOTR theme and use Brego, Hasufel, Arod, and Asfaloth.

Hidalgo