List of racehorses

See also: List of historical horses and List of fictional horses

This list includes racehorses that exist in the historical record.

Racehorses

For competition horses, such as show jumpers and dressage horses, see List of historical horses § Competition horses.

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  • Battleship (1927–1958) was an American thoroughbred racehorse who is the only horse to have won both the American Grand National and the Grand National steeplechase races.
  • Barack Obama, named after the 44th President of the United States, was a New Zealand horse that competed in international endurance events.
  • Barbaro: American Thoroughbred who decisively won the 2006 Kentucky Derby, but shattered his leg two weeks later in the 2006 Preakness Stakes, ending his racing career; underwent several operations; eventually healed, but developed laminitis and could not be saved; euthanized January 29, 2007[1]
  • Bayu Kartika: 1977 Indonesia Derby Winner
  • Beauty Eagling: 2015 Indonesia Derby Winner
  • Beholder: winner of the Breeder's Cup Juv. Fillies, two-time winner of the Breeders' Cup Distaff, as well as the first filly to win the Pacific Classic
  • Bernborough: Australian racehorse and winner of 15 consecutive races at big weights; sold to US film producer Louis B. Mayer
  • Ben Nevis: champion Maryland steeplechaser he won the Maryland Hunt Cup twice and the Grand National
  • Bend Or: very successful British Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1880 Epsom Derby
  • Best Mate: 2002, 2003 and 2004 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner; often given title 'Greatest Steeplechaser' since Arkle, and an equal to him
  • Big Ben: 1990 Indonesia Derby Winner
  • Big Brown: 2008 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner; first horse since Clyde Van Dusen to win the Kentucky Derby from the 20th post position
  • Black Caviar: undefeated in 25 career starts; fifteen-time Group 1 winner
  • Bold Forbes: 1976 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner
  • Bold Ruler: leading sire of stakeswinners; born in the same barn the same night as Round Table; sired the outstanding Secretariat
  • Brave Heart: 2007 Indonesia Derby Winner
  • Brian's Time: American-trained racehorse with a successful stud career in Japan
  • Bret Hanover: one of only nine pacers to win the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers; had 62 wins from 69 starts; the only horse to be made Harness Horse of the Year three times
  • Brigadier Gerard: winner of 17 of 18 races in England, including the 2000 Guineas and 11 other Group I races; joint third highest Timeform flat rating of all time
  • Buckpasser: won 15 consecutive races; one of the great broodmare sires
  • Buena Vista: Won 6 Grade I races, including two of the Japanese Triple Tiara in 2009
  • Byzantine Dream: active Japanese racehorse and 2025 Prix Foy winner; came second in the 2025 Tenno Sho (Spring) to Redentor

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  • Cahaya Nagari: 2010 Indonesia Derby Winner
  • California Chrome: won the 140th Kentucky Derby; won the Preakness; won the 2016 Dubai World Cup; two-time American Horse of the Year
  • Carbine: outstanding racehorse and sire; winner of the Melbourne Cup
  • Cardigan Bay: New Zealand's "million dollar pacer"; the first to win a million in the US; appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show
  • Castleshane: winner of eight flat races and two jumps
  • Cempaka: 1976 Indonesia Derby Winner
  • Charismatic: winner of the 1999 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes
  • Charles the Twelfth: winner of the St Leger Stakes in the year 1839.
  • Cicero: winner of the 1905 Epsom Derby as the shortest-priced successful favourite in the history of the event
  • Cigar: champion in the 1990s who won 16 consecutive races
  • Cinderella Jatim: 2019 Indonesia Derby Winner
  • Citation: U.S. Triple Crown winner (1948); also won 16 consecutive major stakes races; first horse to earn $1 million
  • Clairiere: winner of the 2021 edition of the Cotillion Stakes and 2-time winner of the Ogden Phipps Stakes in both 2022 and 2023.
  • Cody's Wish: 2022 and 2023 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner, 2023 American Horse of the Year named after the late Cody Dorman who was born with Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome, he lived a long life until he died from the same disease on November 6th 2023 after he suffered a medical event.
  • Contrail: 2020 Japanese Triple Crown winner
  • Country House: Winner of Kentucky Derby 2019 after Maximum Security was demoted from 1st place for interference with other horses
  • Crisp: remembered for his epic race in the Grand National with Red Rum
  • Curlin: third richest US-based horse of all time, winner of 2007 Preakness Stakes and Breeders' Cup Classic and 2008 Dubai World Cup
  • Curren Chan: Japanese racehorse known for winning five consecutive sprint races and two JRA Awards

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  • Daiwa Scarlet: First filly in 37 years to win the Arima Kinen
  • Dan Patch: America's greatest pacer
  • Danehill: American-bred and British-trained sprint champion who went on to become a champion sire in both the northern and southern hemispheres; the first major "shuttle stallion"
  • Dance Smartly: second Canadian filly ever to win the Canadian Triple Crown, and the first to win a Breeders Cup Race
  • Daring Tact: Winner of the Japanese Triple Tiara in 2020
  • Dawn Run: only horse ever to complete Champion Hurdle, Cheltenham Gold Cup double
  • Deep Impact: Japanese Triple Crown winner; also smashed the world record over 3200 metres and seven-time leading sire in Japan
  • Desert Gold: race mare who won 19 races successive races during World War I; often raced against Gloaming
  • Desert Orchid: won King George four times and Cheltenham Gold Cup
  • Dewi Milenia: 2003 Indonesia Derby Winner
  • Djohar Manik: Indonesia Triple Crown Winner (2014), won 37 of the 41 races she participated in, the third Triple Crown Winner in Indonesia.
  • Doncaster: very successful racehorse, sire of the great Bend Or
  • Dornoch: 2024 Belmont Stakes winner
  • Dr. Fager: "the Doctor"; set the world record at 1 mile on any surface, 1:32 1/5, and held it for more than 20 years. The only horse in American history who in 1968 won 'Racings Grand Slam'.
  • Dragon Runner: 2016 Indonesia Derby Winner
  • Dream Journey: Winner of 3 GI races, including the Takarazuka and Arima Kinen of 2009. Full brother of Orfevre.
  • Duramente: Japanese Derby winner, sired Titleholder and Liberty Island
  • Dynaformer: Sire of Barbaro

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  • Haiseiko: Former-NAR racehorse who, after being moved to the JRA, won multiple high stakes races such as the Satsuki Sho and Takarazuka Kinen
  • Hambletonian 10: the "father of American trotting"
  • Haru Urara: Became "the shining star of losers everywhere" (負け組の星, makegumi no hoshi) as she never won a single race in her career.[4][5]
  • Hastings: sire of Fair Play, who in turn sired the great Man o' War, successful racehorse
  • Heart's Cry: Handed Deep Impact his first defeat after clinching the Triple Crown at the 2005 Arima Kinen; also a successful sire
  • Horlicks: New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame inductee; first filly to win the Japan Cup, as well as the first horse from the Southern Hemisphere to win the race[6]
  • Hurricane Fly: Irish hurdler, winner of a record 22 Grade I races
  • Hyperion: winner of The Derby and the St Leger Stakes; top sire for six years in the UK

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  • Iroquois: first American-bred racehorse to win The Derby
  • Indon: 2000 Indonesia Derby Winner
  • Invasor: winner of the Uruguayan Triple Crown, as well as the Dubai World Cup and Breeders' Cup Classic
  • I'll Have Another: winner of the 2012 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes
  • Irish War Cry: Graded-Stakes Winner, noted for his win in the Wood Memorial Stakes and for finishing second in the 2017 Belmont Stakes
  • Isinglass: sixth winner of the English Triple Crown (1892)
  • Isonomy: very successful racehorse and sire of The English Triple Crown winner Isinglass.
  • Itsmyluckyday is a multiple graded stakes winner who finished second in the 2013 Preakness Stakes to Oxbow and won the Woodward Stakes in 2014.

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  • Naga Sembilan: 2025 Indonesian Star of Stars and 2024 Piala Raja Hamengku Buwono X winner
  • Nakayama Festa: 2010 Takarazuka Kinen winner
  • Narita Brian: 1994 Japanese Triple Crown winner
  • Narita Top Road: Winner of the 1999 Kikuka-shō.
  • Nasrullah: one of the most successful Thoroughbred sires of the 20th century, grandsire to Secretariat
  • Native Dancer (also nicknamed the Grey Ghost): won 21 of 22 career races, with only loss in the Kentucky Derby; sire whose descendants have come to dominate modern Triple Crown racing
  • Nearco: Italian bred Thoroughbred racehorse. ''Thoroughbred Heritage'' described him as  "one of the greatest racehorses of the Twentieth Century" and "one of the most important sires of the century." He was undefeated and his sire line was dominant.
  • Needles: the first Florida-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby (1956), also won the Belmont Stakes
  • Nefertiti: 1999 Indonesia Derby Winner
  • Nest: multiple Grade 1 events winner
  • Niatross: pacer who won 37 of his 39 races and broke many records, considered to be one of the greatest harness racers of all time
  • Nice Nature: Nick-named "The Bronze Collector", Nice Nature became known for finishing third in the Arima Kinen for 3 years in a row, and post-retirement became the focus of a donation drive to help retired horses like himself
  • Night Raid: sire of Phar Lap
  • Nijinsky: last horse to win the English Triple Crown (1970)
  • Northern Dancer: Canada's champion on the racetrack; most successful sire of the 20th century
  • Nyquist: 2016 Kentucky Derby winner

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  • Panthalassa: First Japanese horse to win the Saudi Cup
  • Palace Malice: 2013 Belmont Stakes winner
  • Pejoang: 1981 Indonesia Derby Winner
  • Peter Pan: winner of the Preakness Stakes, and had the Peter Pan Stakes named in his honor
  • Permata Rajawali: 1998 Indonesia Derby Winner
  • Pesona Kurnia: 2005 Indonesia Derby Winner
  • Pesona Nagari: 2008 Indonesia Derby Winner
  • Phar Lap: Australia and New Zealand's most famed Thoroughbred racehorse; won 37 of his 51 career starts
  • Pleasant Colony: 1981 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner
  • Popcorn Deelites: the main horse who played Seabiscuit in the Oscar Nominated film Seabiscuit
  • Potoooooooo: 18th-century thoroughbred racehorse who won over 30 races and defeated some of the greatest racehorses of the time.
  • Pretty Polly Irish Thoroughbred racehorse who won 15 consecutive races, fifth filly to win the British Fillies Triple Crown, record 24: 22-2-0
  • Priam: 1974 Indonesia Derby Winner
  • Prince Loupan: Indonesian racehorse who was nicknamed the Gold Ship of Indonesia. His name started to become famous after an incident at the IHR: Merdeka Cup 2025, when Prince Loupan was almost finished then he suddenly turned direction and made him fail to win the match as 1st place. During a visit to his Stable namely King Halim Stable, the stable's groom said that Prince Loupan often knocks over his jockey when he was being trained.
  • Princess Gavi: Indonesian racehorse who won the Pertiwi Cup in 2025 (a 3-year-old mare only racing series)
  • Putra Sulut: 1986 Indonesia Derby Winner
  • Putri Pajajaran: 1989 Indonesia Derby Winner

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  • Quevega: only horse in the history to win at six consecutive Cheltenham Festivals
  • Queensway: won the Canadian Triple Crown

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  • Rachel Alexandra: filly and winner of the 2009 Preakness Stakes
  • Rakwool: Australian bay gelding, won the 1931 Grand National Steeplechase
  • Ratu Adria: 1992 Indonesia Derby Winner
  • Ratu Mayangkara: 1997 Indonesia Derby Winner, one of the Undefeated Racehorses, with 100% win rate.
  • Ratu Nagari: 2001 Indonesia Derby Winner
  • Rapid Dash: 2024 Indonesia Derby Winner
  • Roy Olcott: harness racehorse
  • Real Quiet: winner of the 1998 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes; lost the third leg of the U.S. Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes, by a margin of four inches
  • Red Rum: only horse in the history of the Aintree Grand National to win the race three times (placed second on two other occasions)
  • Red Silenos: 2013 Indonesia Derby Winner
  • Regret: first filly to win the Kentucky Derby (1915)
  • Ribot: Thoroughbred undefeated in sixteen races
  • Rice Shower: Winner of the 1992 Kikka Sho and two-time Tenno Sho winner; euthanized after breaking his leg during the 1995 Takarazuka Kinen
  • Rich Strike: 2022 Kentucky Derby winner
  • Rio Bravo: 1983 Indonesia Derby Winner
  • Roberto: 1972 Epsom Derby winner and sire of Brian's Time and Dynaformer
  • Robin Hood: 1994 Indonesia Derby Winner
  • Rock Sand: English Triple Crown winner (1903); sire of the dam of Man o' War
  • Romantic Warrior: Winner of multiple Grade I races in Hong Kong, Australia, and Japan
  • Roofcryl: 1993 Indonesia Derby Winner
  • Round Table: sire of stakes winners; born in the same barn the same night as Bold Ruler, in 1954
  • Ruffian: Two time winner of the Eclipse Award who won ten consecutive races and was euthanized after breaking her leg in a race at Belmont Park
  • Ruthless: first ever winner of the Belmont Stakes, and the first of only three fillies ever to win the Belmont Stakes

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  • Sadler's Wells: one of Europe's most successful sires of the late 20th century
  • Sari Pohaci: 1987 Indonesia Derby Winner
  • Satono Diamond: Winner of the 2016 Kikka Sho and Arima Kinen
  • Satono Reve: 2025 Takamatsunomiya Kinen winner
  • Screen Hero: Winner of the 2008 Japan Cup
  • Sea Bird: second highest Timeform rated horse (rated 145)
  • Sea the Stars: first horse ever to win the 2,000 Guineas, Epsom Derby, and Arc de Triomphe in the same year (2009)
  • Seabiscuit: beat War Admiral in a nationally broadcast 1938 match race; like Phar Lap, raced during the Depression
  • Seattle Slew: U.S. Triple Crown winner (1977)
  • Secretariat: U.S. Triple Crown winner (1973); one of the most famous horses in Thoroughbred racing
  • Seize the Grey: 2024 Preakness Stakes winner
  • Sham: The main competitor to Secretariat during the 1973 racing season
  • Shergar: winner of the 1981 Epsom Derby by a record 10 lengths, the longest winning margin in a race run annually since 1781; kidnapped by the IRA in 1983, and was held for ransom, but the owner syndicate refused to pay, fearing that valuable horses would become targets; the stallion was never found
  • Shinzan: Japanese Triple Crown winner of 1964.
  • Silence Suzuka: Winner of the 1998 Takarazuka Kinen whose legs broke in the Tenno Sho that same year, leading to his untimely euthanization.
  • Silky Sullivan: An American racehorse best known for his come-from-behind racing style.
  • Sir Winston: Winner of 2019 Belmont Stakes
  • Skewball: immortalized in 18th century poetry as a sku-ball winning against a Thoroughbred
  • Smart Falcon: A Japanese racehorse known as the "Runner of the Dirt"
  • Smarty Jones: became the first unbeaten Kentucky Derby winner since Seattle Slew in 1977
  • Sodashi: First white horse to win a Grade 1 race (Hanshin Juvenile Fillies), and also went on to win 2 other Grade 1 races in her race career[7]
  • Sovereignty: 2025 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner
  • Special Week: 1998 Tokyo Yūshun winner, as well as the Japan Cup and both Tennō Shōs
  • Spectacular Bid: Hall of Fame champion who went undefeated as a four-year-old, and won 26 of 30 career starts
  • St Lite: The first horse to win the Triple Crown in Japan
  • Stay Gold: Dubbed "the Silver Collector" during his racing career; goes on to sire Orfevre, Gold Ship, and Oju Chosan
  • Steel Dust: 19th-century quarter-mile racing horse.[8]
  • Stellar Wind: Stellar Wind is an American Thoroughbred racehorse, known for her Eclipse Award winning three-year-old season, and later for her rivalry with the champion mare Beholder.
  • Still in Love: 2003 Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown winner
  • Storm Cat: one of the most successful U.S. sires of the late 20th century
  • St. Simon: Undefeated British racehorse and successful sire
  • Sunday Silence: winner in the US; champion sire in Japan
  • Sunline: first Southern Hemisphere horse to top $10million in stakes earnings; three-time Australian (2000-2002); four-time New Zealand Horse of the Year (1999-2002); 13-time Group 1 winner
  • Super Creek: Japanese racehorse known for winning the 1988 Kikuka-shō and the 1989 Autumn and 1990 Spring Tenno Sho
  • Swale: 1984 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner, died eight days after the Belmont win
  • Symboli Kris S: Two time winner of the Arima Kinen, later sire of Epiphaneia
  • Symboli Rudolf: Winner of the 1984 Japanese Triple Crown, and the first horse to win the Triple Crown undefeated.

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  • Vain: champion front runner; great, great grandsire of Black Caviar
  • Valencia: 1975 Indonesia Derby Winner
  • Varenne: Italy's most famous harness horse
  • Vino Rosso: 2019 Breeders Cup winner
  • Vodka: First filly in 64 years to win the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) in 2007[9]
  • Vo Rouge: fast frontrunner and 3-time winner of the C F Orr Stakes, had the Vo Rogue Plate named in his honor
  • Voltaire: winner of the 1828 Doncaster Gold Cup
  • Voltigeur: Won the Derby and the St Leger in 1850 and beat The Flying Dutchman in the Doncaster Cup. In 1851 Voltigeur was beaten by The Flying Dutchman in what was probably the most celebrated match race in the history of British thoroughbred racing.

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  • Xaar: winner of Prix de Cabourg (1997), Prix de la Salamandre (1997)
  • Xtra Heat: champion 3-year-old filly of 2001, and the only filly to win the Endine stakes twice

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  • Yeats: only horse ever to win 4 Ascot Gold Cups, also won 3 other group 1 races
  • Your Host: winner of 1950 Santa Anita Derby, 1951 Santa Catalina Handicap, sire of the great Kelso

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See also

References

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  9. ^ "天女ウオッカ強く、美しくダービー制覇". www.sponichi.co.jp. スポーツニッポン. May 28, 2007. Archived from the original on January 25, 2008. Retrieved September 5, 2021.

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