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I took some photos of these beautiful horses at a nearby ranch. I got to thinking about some of the movies I've seen about horses and I found a list online to share with you. Please feel free to add to the list in your comments below and let me know what you thought of. Aren't they majestic animals?!
Movies about heroic horses constitute a popular film genre. Some examples include:

• Secretariat (2010)
• Ruffian (2007)
• Flicka (2006)
• Dreamer (2005)
• The Colt (2005)
• Hidalgo (2004)
• Seabiscuit (2003)
• The Young Black Stallion (2003)
• Virginia's Run (2002)
• Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
• The Horse Whisperer (1998)
• Black Beauty (1994)
• Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1993)
• The Silver Stallion, King of the Wild Brumbies (1993)
• Red Fury (1984)
• Phar Lap (1983)
• The Black Stallion Returns (1983)
• The Black Stallion (1979)
• The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968)
• Miracle of the White Stallions (1963)
• Misty (1961)
• National Velvet (1944)
• My Friend Flicka (1943)
• The Derby Stallion (2005)
• The Man From Snowy River (2003)
• Dark Horse (1992)
• Moondance Alexander (2007)
• Breaking Free (1995 film) (1995)
• Running Free (1999)
• Tonka (1958)
• In Pursuit of Honor (2008)
• Racing Stripes
• The Long Shot (2004)
• Flicka 2 (2010)
• The Wild Horse Redemption (2007) - documentary
• The Horse Boy (2009)
• Into the West (2003)
• Secretariat (2010)
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_about_horses

Horses in literature (Books on Horses)

• Alfonso (or, in Swedish, Lilla Gubben), the horse in the Pippi Longstocking series by Astrid Lindgren.
• Arod, Legolas's horse in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
• Arondel, Bevis's horse in the Middle English romance Bevis of Hampton
• Artax, Atreyu's horse in Michael Ende's The Neverending Story
• Asfaloth, Glorfindel's horse, from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
• Athansor, ridden by Peter Lake in Mark Helprin's A Winter's Tale
• Banner, from My Friend Flicka
• Barnum and Skip, the Wilders' driving team of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books and The First Four Years
• Bela, originally owned by Tam al'Thor, and later by Egwene al'Vere in The Wheel of Time series.
• Bill the Pony, owned by the Hobbits in The Lord of the Rings
• Binky, ridden by Death in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels
• Black Beauty, from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
• The Black (Stallion), from a series of 21 books by Walter Farley beginning with The Black Stallion (1941)
• Black Boy and Rapide, Jill Crewe's ponies from the series by Ruby Ferguson (in later editions, "Black Boy" became "Best Boy")
• Blaze, from a series of children's books by Clarence William Anderson, beginning with Billy and Blaze (1936)
• Boxer, Mollie, and Clover, from Animal Farm by George Orwell
• Bree Hee Hinny Hoo Hah ("Bree" for short), from The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
• Bumpkin, Merry Brandybuck's horse in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
• Cadoc, from Christopher Paolini's Eragon.
• Cigarette, from My Friend Flicka
• Cloud, the pony owned by Veralidaine Sarrasri, plus other ponies, in The Immortals Quartet by Tamora Pierce.
• Sir Chess, the Knight Destrier, in Linda Medley's Castle Waiting.
• Many 'Companions', which are human spirits reincarnated in the form of white horses in Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series of books
• Condor, the mount of Green Rider Karigan G'ladheon in Kristen Britain's Green Rider series of books
• Dagobaz, Ash's horse from The Far Pavilions by M. M. Kaye
• De Lü, the mount of Chinese warlord Liu Bei in the Romance of Three Kingdoms
• Faran, Sparhawk's horse in David Eddings' series The Elenium and The Tamuli
• Fatty Lumpkin, horse owned by Tom Bombadil in The Lord of the Rings
• Firefoot, horse owned by Éomer in The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
• Flame, from The Black Stallion series
• Fledge the winged horse from The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis - originally named Strawberry and working in London pulling hansom cabs, before being transported to Narnia and given wings and a new name by Aslan.
• Flicka, from My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara
• Florian, from Felix Salten's novel "Florian, the Emperor's Horse"
• Fru-Fru, from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
• Glue-Boy, Cuthbert Allgood's horse from the Dark Tower series by Stephen King.
• Ginger, from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
• Gunpowder, Ichabod Crane's horse from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
• The Golden Ass, 2nd century AD Roman novel in Latin
• The "great horses" owned by Angus Morton in The Chrysalids. Though they are the result of an officially sanctioned breeding program, the fact they are, technically, mutants causes tension between Angus and his brother-in-law, Joseph Strorm.
• Greatheart, Beauty's horse from Robin McKinley's novel Beauty
• The Hell Bitch, Captain Woodrow Call's horse in Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove.
• Hasufel, Aragorn's horse in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
• Hero, the fastest horse in the world; owned by the legendary The Phantom
• Highboy, from My Friend Flicka
• the Houyhnhnms, a race of intelligent and cultured horses in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
• Hwin, from The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
• Captain Jinks' horse, of the Horse Marines, fed on corn and beans in the nursery rhyme
• Jolly Jumper, Lucky Luke's horse and friend in Lucky Luke
• Kate and Bill, the Wilders' work horses of Laura Ingalls Wilder's The First Four Years
• Lark, from The Berserker's Horse by Lisa Maxwell^{[disambiguation needed]}
• Merrylegs, from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
• Miramis with the golden mane and hooves of gold from Astrid Lindgren's book Mio, my Mio
• Misty of Chincoteague, a real pony made famous by Marguerite Henry's children's book of the same name
• Monarch, from the book Jodie's Journey
• Moonlight, the horse owned by Alanna of Trebond in the Song of the Lioness quartet by Tamora Pierce
• Nahar, noble steed of the Vala Oromë, in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion
• Nara, a Hunnuli or magical horse, from The Dark Horse series by Mary H. Herbert
• Prairie Horses from The Horseclans
• Peachblossom, the horse owned by Keladry in the Protector of the Small quartet by Tamora Pierce
• The Pie, from National Velvet by Enid Bagnold
• Pilgrim from The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans
• Prince and Lady, Almanzo Wilder's Morgan horse driving team of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books
• Pylon, Susan's horse from the Dark Tower series by Stephen King.
• Rakhsh, Rostam's horse in Shahnameh
• Rih, Kara Ben Nemsi's horse in Karl May's tales of the orient.
• Roach is the name Geralt of Rivia, from The Witcher series by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski, gives to all his horses.
• Rocket, Flicka's dam, from My Friend Flicka
• Rocinante, from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes also the hero's horse in King of Hearts^{[disambiguation needed]}
• Red Hare, the mount of Lü Bu and Guan Yu in the Chinese epic Romance of Three Kingdoms
• Rusher, Roland's horse from the Dark Tower series by Stephen King.
• Šarac or Sharkolia, horse of Prince Marko
• Roheryn, horse owned by Aragorn in J. R. R. Tolkien'sThe Lord of the Rings
• Sam and David, the Ingalls family work horses of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie
• Shadowfax, Gandalf the White's horse from The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
• Sham from King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
• Silver from The Lone Ranger
• Various horses, most notably Thorwa, from The Silver Brumby
• Snowfire, from Christopher Paolini's Eragon.
• Snowmane, King Théoden of Rohan's horse in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
• Stardust and Sunstorm from Ashleigh's Hope by Joanna Campbell
• Stranger, Sandor Clegane's warhorse from A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin
• Stormy, from Stormy, Misty's Foal by Marguerite Henry
• Thunderhead, son of Flicka from the book by Mary O'Hara
• Tornac, from Christopher Paolini's Eragon.
• Trotsky, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's horse
• Tsornin (Sungold), Harry Crewe's horse in The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley.
• Veillantif (also called Brigliadoro), Roland's horse in the chansons de geste.
• Whinney and her offspring, Racer and Grey, from the Earth's Children books
• Whirlwind from Shadow Horse by Alison Hart
• Sunka Wakan " The Great Spirit horse" from The Great Spirit Horse by Linda Little Wolf

 Some of the books about horses would make great gifts for horse lovers!

More Lists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_horses

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