The most famous horses in history
The top 3 according to 8 votes from people: Marengo · Cincinnati · Comanche. (Updated Jul 24, 2025.)
Alexander the Great's Bucephalus, Napoleon's Marengo, El Cid's Babieca and Comanche, the only survivor of Little Bighorn: the horses that carried kings, generals and legends. Which is the most legendary?
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Top 14
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1
Marengo
Napoleon's small grey Arabian stallion; its skeleton is in London.
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2
Cincinnati
Ulysses S. Grant's favourite horse.
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3
Comanche
The only survivor found after the Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876).
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4
Kanthaka
The white horse that carried the future Buddha out of the palace.
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5
Vizir
Another of Napoleon's horses, preserved at the Musée de l'Armée in Paris.
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6
Palomo
Simón Bolívar's white horse.
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7
Copenhagen
He carried the Duke of Wellington for 17 hours straight at Waterloo.
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Bucephalus
Alexander the Great's horse, tamed by him as a boy and ridden all the way to Asia.
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9
Babieca
El Cid's white horse, in "The Song of the Cid".
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10
Chetak
He saved Maharana Pratap at the Battle of Haldighati (1576).
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11
Traveller
General Robert E. Lee's grey horse in the American Civil War.
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12
Incitatus
Caligula's horse, whom legend says he wanted to make consul.
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13
Tencendur
Charlemagne's steed in "The Song of Roland".
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14
Secretariat
He won the 1973 Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths.
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