Quarter Horse Names
The history of the American west is a gold mine for great quarter horse names. The quarter horse, along with the paint and appaloosa were an integral part of daily life. Following are western horse names that capture some of the magic of the bygone age.

| ABILENE | | | ALAMO | | | AMBUSH | | | AMIGO | | | APACHE BRAVE | | | BANDIDO | bandit in Spanish | | BANDIT | | | BANDOLERO | another name for bandit in Spanish | | BAT MASTERSON | | | BILLY THE KID | | | BUTTERFIELD | the name of a stage coach line in the American west | | CHESTER | | | CHEYENNE | | | CHIEF | | | CHIEF BUFFALO HUMP | a Commanche chief | | CIMARRON | | | COWBOY |  | | DAKOTA | | | DENVER | | | DERINGER | | | DESPERADO | | | DIAMONDBACK | | | DROVER | | | DURANGO | | | DUSTY | | | GERONIMO | | | GET OUT OF DODGE | sculpture outside of Dodge City, Kansas | | GHOST RIDER | | | GOLD RUSH | | | GUN FIGHTER | | | GUN SLINGER | | | GUNFIGHT | | | GUNPLAY | | | GUNSMOKE | |
| HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL | | | INDIAN BLANKET | | | JACK OF DIAMONDS | | | LAREDO | | | LONE RANGER | He was a Texas Ranger. Lone Ranger's horse name was Silver | | MIRAGE | | | MARSHAL DILLON | | | MAVERICK | | | OUTLAW | | | PEACE PIPE | | | PECOS PETE | | | QUICK DRAW | | | RATTLER | | | RED SKY | | | RENO | | | RICOCHET | | | RIO | | | ROUGH RIDER | | | ROWDY | Clint Eastwood played Rowdy Yates in the TV western, Rawhide. | | ROY ROGERS | | | RUSTLER | | | SANTA FE | | | SARSPARILLA | | | SCOUT | | | SEDONA | | | SHERIFF | | | SHOWDOWN | | | SIDEWINDER | | | SIERRA | | | SILVER BULLET | | | SMOKE SIGNAL | | | SIX SHOOTER | | | STAMPEDE | | | SUNSET | | | TEX | | | TEXAS RANGER | | | TEXAS STAR | | | TEXAS TEA | | | TIN STAR | | | TOMAHAWK | | | TOMBSTONE ROSE | Did you know that the largest rosebush in the world (according to the Guinness Book of Records) is in Tombstone, Arizona? | | TONTO | Tonto was the Lone Ranger's Native American partner. In the TV series of the 1950's the character was played by a Mohawk named Jay Silverheels. | | TRAIL BLAZER | | | TRAIL BOSS | | | WEST WIND | | | WHISKY | | | WINCHESTER | "the gun that won the West" | | ZORRO | |

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