Ruffian – With a short and spectacular career – “a true shooting star” – this beautiful black filly, also known as “Queen of the fillies” rose quickly to fame and captured the hearts of millions and she won every race she was entered into besides her last race in which she lost her life for the love of racing.

Black Beauty – is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. The book taught how to treat people with kindness, sympathy, and respect. It was a national best seller.

Bucephalus – was the horse of Alexander the Great, and one of the most famous actual horses of antiquity. Legend has it that when Bucephalus was found, he could not be ridden by anybody. Bucephalus carried the great military leader into many battles and enjoyed great devotion from his master. After Bucephalus was kidnapped by a group of Persians, Alexander threatened to destroy all of Persia and slaughter every one of its inhabitants unless the captors returned his horse immediately.

The Black Stallion – The fiery hero of Walter Farley’s beloved books. It tells the story of Alec Ramsey, who is shipwrecked on a deserted island with a wild Arabian stallion whom he befriends. After being rescued, they are set on entering a race challenging two champion horses.

Byerley Turk – (c. 1680 – c. 1706) was the earliest of three stallions that were the founders of the modern Thoroughbred horse racing bloodstock, along with the other two which are the Godolphin Arabian and the Darley Arabian.

Goliath – Ladyhawke Movie – The black horse that Navarre rides is a Friesian stallion that originated in the Netherlands. Friesians were popular among medieval knights.

Black Hawk Morgan – A grandson of Justin Morgan, Black Hawk retired undefeated as a trotting horse and became a major influence on more than just the Morgan breed. Foaled in 1833, he was the first stallion in America to command a stud fee of $100. Black Hawk’s blood is behind many Standardbreds and Saddlebreds, as well as about 80% of Morgans.

Midnight Sun – a descendant of Black Hawk, was the Tennessee Walking Horse’s most influential sire. Foaled in 1940, he was World Grand Champion two years in a row before producing numerous world champion progeny.

Black Jack – Black Jack served in the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment’s (The Old Guard) Caisson Platoon . He was the last of the Quartermaster-issue horses of the U.S. Army,. Although best-known as “the riderless horse” in President Kennedy’s funeral procession, he also participated in the state funerals of General MacArthur and Presidents Hoover and Johnson. After Black Jack’s death in 1976, he was cremated and laid to rest at Fort Myer, Virginia.

Burmese – (1962–1990), a black RCMP Police Service Horse (PSH) mare, was given to Queen Elizabeth II by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and ridden by the Queen for Trooping the Colour for eighteen consecutive years from 1969 to 1986.

Black Gold – Nicknamed “The Indian Horse,” was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 50th running of the Kentucky Derby in 1924.