{"dataset":"RDR1 Horses: Every Mount and Its Grades","game":"rdr1","section":"horses","source":"https://outlawdb.com/en/rdr1/horses","license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"},"attribution":"Data from outlawdb (https://outlawdb.com/en/rdr1/horses), derived from Red Dead Wiki, CC BY-SA 3.0.","generated":"2026-09-26T14:09:28.757Z","count":27,"rows":[{"slug":"albino-buffalo","name":"Albino Buffalo","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Albino_Buffalo","vehicleClass":"Horse","breed":"American Buffalo","speed":3,"health":4,"stamina":4,"statScale":5,"speedLabel":"Medium","healthLabel":"High","staminaLabel":"High","coats":["White"]},{"slug":"american-standardbred","name":"American Standardbred","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/American_Standardbred","trivia":["The in-game breed is based on the real world Standardbred.","When looking for the Standardbred, it is often easy to confuse this breed with the Dutch Warmblood, which in reality is dark brown and black. The Standardbred is completely black in any lighting and does not have any shade of brown.","A possible rare glitch spawns a herd of 4-5 Standardbreds near the river north of Beecher's Hope, close to the Great Plains/Tall Trees border. There is also a spawn point just south of Bearclaw Camp, near the river.","There is a slightly increased chance to find it at night.","This is the only horse in Redemption to still sport its original mane, coat, and tail color in the sequel."],"vehicleClass":"Horse","breed":"Horse","speed":5,"health":3,"statScale":5,"speedLabel":"Very Fast","healthLabel":"Average","coats":["Black"],"locations":["West Elizabeth"]},{"slug":"ardennais","name":"Ardennais","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Ardennais","vehicleClass":"Horse","breed":"Horse","speed":3,"health":3,"statScale":5,"speedLabel":"Normal","healthLabel":"Average","coats":["Grulla"],"locations":["New Austin"]},{"slug":"bonzo","name":"Bonzo","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Bonzo","trivia":["Even when Bonzo is chosen as the player's mount, the bull may still charge the player while dismounted.","Bonzo is slower than the American Standardbred, but his speed is unaffected off-road. He also has slightly more health than the Standardbred.","Bonzo appears to be a Hereford bull, a fairly popular and docile breed of beef cattle, though it is not docile in game."],"vehicleClass":"Horse","breed":"Herefordshire Cattle (Bull)","speed":4,"health":4,"statScale":5,"speedLabel":"Fast","healthLabel":"High","coats":["Brown","White underbelly"],"locations":["None"]},{"slug":"cleveland-bay","name":"Cleveland Bay","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Cleveland_Bay","trivia":["Real-world Cleveland Bays originated in England during the 17th century, and are always bay in color. They are usually well-muscled, and have legs that are short in relation to the body. They are light-weight and good at pulling carriages and wagons.","In Red Dead Redemption 2, despite not appearing in the game, the Cleveland Bay's texture was remade and used as a template for nearly all horse textures in the game. Their characteristic snip can be seen on a handful of the game's horses, and the deceased horse John rode during the Blackwater Massacre has identical markings and is the same color."],"vehicleClass":"Horse","breed":"Horse","speed":3,"health":3,"statScale":5,"speedLabel":"Normal","healthLabel":"Average","coats":["Bay"],"locations":["West Elizabeth","New Austin","Nuevo Paraiso"]},{"slug":"dark-horse","name":"Dark Horse","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Dark_Horse","trivia":["Setting up a campsite then traveling from it may glitch the Dark Horse, causing it to lose its saddle and act like a wild horse. When the player whistles, a saddled Dark Horse appears.","If the Dark Horse is used in a mission where certain characters must be followed on horseback, the Dark Horse may not be able to keep up.","In the beta for Red Dead Redemption 2, Micah Bell's horse Baylock originally had the same markings Dark Horse has, minus the scarring. However, his design was changed completely in order to make him more distinct: he was given blue eyes, an asymmetrical face pattern, and two front socks.","The wounds on the Dark Horse's legs are almost identical to those seen on Pestilence."],"vehicleClass":"Horse","breed":"Horse","speed":3,"health":4,"statScale":5,"speedLabel":"Normal","healthLabel":"High","coats":["Black with a bald face marking","scarring","and two hind socks"],"locations":["Everywhere with extreme-low Honor"]},{"slug":"dead-horse","name":"Dead Horse","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Dead_Horse","trivia":["While the Dead Horse appears to be missing its front left leg from the knee down, if the area where the missing leg would be is shot, it still takes damage and spews blood as if the leg were there.","The Dead Horse is based upon a Painted Standardbred, a common two-star breed already within the game.","It has been noted that the horse has infinite stamina when spawned in the Undead Nightmare DLC.","In the mission this horse appears in, the horse won't be dead for a second and can actually be heard groaning in pain and falling over.","Other than the obvious scars, mutilations and fatal injuries visible on the horse, it also sports a unique tail. The tail is overgrown, uneven, bushy and somewhat matted and tangled. This can be hard to see if the player is not observing the Dead Horse alive or moving."],"vehicleClass":"Horse","breed":"Horse","speed":4,"health":3,"statScale":5,"speedLabel":"Fast","healthLabel":"Average","coats":["Brown with blood stains and claw marks."],"locations":["Near the bear in \"Spare the Love","Spoil the Child\""]},{"slug":"dutch-warmblood","name":"Dutch Warmblood","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Dutch_Warmblood","trivia":["The Dutch Warmblood's presence in Red Dead Redemption appears to be historically anachronistic, as this horse breed did not exist until the 1960s.","However, some breeds like the Hanoverian Warmblood may have been referred to as a 'Dutch Warmblood' during the game's time period.","Lucy, the horse Marston is tasked with retrieving in the Stranger side-mission \"Who Are You to Judge?\", is a Dutch Warmblood."],"vehicleClass":"Horse","breed":"Horse","speed":3,"health":3,"statScale":5,"speedLabel":"Normal","healthLabel":"Average","coats":["Black-brown"],"locations":["Warthington Ranch"]},{"slug":"el-hedor","name":"El Hedor","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/El_Hedor","trivia":["El Hedor means \"The Stench\" in Spanish.","Despite being labeled as mule in-game, El Hedor has the physical characteristics of a donkey."],"vehicleClass":"Horse","breed":"Mule","speed":2,"health":2,"statScale":5,"speedLabel":"Slow","healthLabel":"Low","coats":["Dark Brown"],"locations":["Nuevo Paraíso"]},{"slug":"el-picor","name":"El Picor","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/El_Picor","trivia":["El Picor means \"The Itching\" in Spanish.","Despite being labeled as a mule in-game, El Picor has the physical characteristics of a donkey.","He may be a white donkey with brown spots, turned tan by dirt in his coat."],"vehicleClass":"Horse","breed":"Mule","speed":2,"health":2,"statScale":5,"speedLabel":"Slow","healthLabel":"Low","coats":["Tan"],"locations":["Nuevo Paraíso"]},{"slug":"el-senor","name":"El Señor","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/El_Se%C3%B1or","trivia":["The literal translation of its name is \"The Sir\", but colloquially, it's likely \"The Man\".","Despite being labeled as a mule in-game, El Señor has the physical characteristics of a donkey.","Unlike the other two Mules, El Picor and El Hedor, El Señor has a name that is not implied to be insulting; \"The Man\", as opposed to \"The Itch\" and \"The Stench\", respectively."],"vehicleClass":"Horse","breed":"Mule","speed":2,"health":2,"statScale":5,"speedLabel":"Slow","healthLabel":"Low","coats":["Gray"],"locations":["Nuevo Paraíso"]},{"slug":"highland-chestnut","name":"Highland Chestnut","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Highland_Chestnut","trivia":["During the game's time period, the two-toned mane indicating frost was not officially recognized and as such the horse would've likely just been referred to as a buckskin.","This horse can be easily mistaken for the Kentucky Saddler, due to the similar white hair and yellow body.","There is no horse breed in the real world called \"Highland Chestnut\". As such, the \"chestnut\" part of the name likely refers to the color (which would also be incorrect), and \"Highland\" most likely refers to the Highland Pony."],"vehicleClass":"Horse","breed":"Horse","speed":3,"health":3,"statScale":5,"speedLabel":"Normal","healthLabel":"Average","coats":["Frosted Buckskin"]},{"slug":"hungarian-half-bred","name":"Hungarian Half-bred","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Hungarian_Half-bred","trivia":["\"Hungarian Half-bred\" is a seldom used alternate name for the Nonius, named after the breed's founding stallion who was half Thoroughbred or Norfolk Roadster and half Norman. Real Nonius, however, do not come in grey.","In the game, the Hungarian Half-bred is described as a white horse with a dark face. However, in reality, truly \"white\" horses are rare, have pink skin and un-pigmented white hair, though eye color varies (depending on amelanism or hypomelanism). Most horses usually considered \"white\" are actually light gray, as the albino genotype is very rare. True white horses appear completely white, with no gray (or any color) markings of any kind, unlike the dark muzzle and legs on the Hungarian Half-bred in the game. Despite the correct term for a coat of this specification being 'grey' or 'off-grey', the incorrect identification in-game may be on-purpose, considering many coats and patterns hadn't been officially identified during the period of time the game takes place.","The Unicorn from Undead Nightmare is nearly identical to the Hungarian Half-bred, aside from the horn and cloven hooves. The two even share a similar spawn point, in and around Diez Coronas; the Unicorn in particular is found to the West of this region near Torquemada.","There is an occasional glitch with this horse. While riding into Blackwater (the entrance that takes you right beside Blackwater Graveyard), the horse will freeze briefly, then walk into the graveyard. This has been confirmed on both PS3 and Xbox 360.","It is possible to find a Hungarian Half-Bred on the New Austin side of Butter Bridge if you roam around for a bit, as well as a Kentucky Saddler."],"vehicleClass":"Horse","breed":"Horse","speed":4,"health":3,"statScale":5,"speedLabel":"Fast","healthLabel":"Average","coats":["Grey"],"locations":["Nuevo Paraiso"]},{"slug":"jaded-tersk","name":"Jaded Tersk","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Jaded_Tersk","trivia":["They commonly spawn in Tumbleweed. Though they rarely will have a saddle, they'll always be domesticated.","Along with the Infested Ardennais and Lusitano Nag, the Jaded Tersk will spawn in the wild in Mexico. Like any other horse, they'll need to be lassoed and broken.","They can commonly be found as a saddle horse or a cart horse throughout Mexico."],"vehicleClass":"Horse","breed":"Horse","speed":2,"health":2,"statScale":5,"speedLabel":"Slow","healthLabel":"Low","coats":["Grey"],"locations":["Transitory"]},{"slug":"kentucky-saddler","name":"Kentucky Saddler","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Kentucky_Saddler","trivia":["This breed was developed primarily from the Thoroughbred and the Naragansett Pacer.","A common name for this breed is the American Saddlebred. The name 'Kentucky Saddler' was likely chosen over 'American Saddlebred' because of the close spelling to another good horse in the game, the American Standardbred.","In multiplayer, it can most often be found at Manzanita Post, being ridden or pulling wagons, or during the Tesoro Azul hideout in Mexico being ridden by some of the bandits.","The Kentucky Saddler is the only three-star horse to appear in Undead Nightmare."],"vehicleClass":"Horse","breed":"Horse","speed":4,"health":3,"statScale":5,"speedLabel":"Fast","healthLabel":"Average","coats":["Palomino"],"locations":["Cholla Springs"]},{"slug":"lusitano","name":"Lusitano","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Lusitano","trivia":["The Lusitano is a famous Portuguese breed traditionally used in bullfighting. The coat color implies that this horse is a young \"rose grey\", in which the foal is born chestnut or bay and greys out to mature into a white color.","The Lusitano is also quite similar to the Ardennais, but has a pale face."],"vehicleClass":"Horse","breed":"Horse","speed":3,"health":3,"statScale":5,"speedLabel":"Normal","healthLabel":"Average","coats":["Rose grey"],"locations":["MacFarlane's Ranch","Armadillo"]},{"slug":"lusitano-nag","name":"Lusitano Nag","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Lusitano_Nag","trivia":["The Lusitano is a Portuguese breed of horse, taking its name from Lusitania, the ancient Roman name for the region that today is Portugal.","The real Lusitano breed is used in many western movies from the 1950s.","In multiplayer, the Nag's Outfitter picture is seen bareback (without a saddle). However, when you whistle for the horse in Free Roam, the Nag comes to you with a saddle.","This horse can be found in the wild in Mexico, giving the player the opportunity to break one.","Sometimes after completing the Tumbleweed hideout in single-player, this horse can be found in the corral by the barn wearing just a bridle."],"vehicleClass":"Horse","breed":"Horse","speed":2,"health":2,"statScale":5,"speedLabel":"Slow","healthLabel":"Low","coats":["Rose grey"],"locations":["Tumbleweed and Mexico"]},{"slug":"painted-quarter-horse","name":"Painted Quarter Horse","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Painted_Quarter_Horse","vehicleClass":"Horse","breed":"Horse","speed":3,"health":3,"statScale":5,"speedLabel":"Normal","healthLabel":"Average","coats":["Blond Chestnut Blanket"]},{"slug":"painted-standardbred","name":"Painted Standardbred","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Painted_Standardbred","trivia":["During \"Exodus in America\", Marston rides a Painted Standardbred to Fort Mercer, making this the first horse that the player rides.","Very rarely, a glitch will occur on the Xbox and PS3 versions of the game, where on a clean startup of the game, all horses will appear this horse's color and after a couple seconds will return to their normal colors.","The Dead Horse model appears to be based on the Painted Standardbred.","In the mission \"We Shall be Together in Paradise\" a special variant of the Painted Standardbred exists specifically for the ending cutscene; this variant has male features which are never used on horses outside of this one scene and is swapped out immediately after the cutscene ends."],"vehicleClass":"Horse","breed":"Horse","speed":3,"health":3,"statScale":5,"speedLabel":"Normal","healthLabel":"Average","coats":["Brown varnish"]},{"slug":"quarter-horse","name":"Quarter Horse","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Quarter_Horse","trivia":["The famous outlaw Jesse James would usually ride this horse.","The Quarter Horse is so named because it is the fastest breed in a quarter mile race. Even Thoroughbred racehorses cannot keep up through the first quarter mile.[1] Because of their sprint speed and agility, quarter horses are favored for cattle herding and rodeo events, as well as the two-furlong \"barrel races\" for which they were bred.","The Quarter Horse was bred shortly after the shut-down of the Pony Express. The races were established to see if their horses were as good as express horses.","Despite its extreme popularity at the time the series takes place, and its existence in the first game, this horse is not available in Red Dead Redemption 2."],"vehicleClass":"Horse","breed":"Horse","speed":3,"health":3,"statScale":5,"speedLabel":"Normal","healthLabel":"Average","coats":["Chestnut"]},{"slug":"standardbred-pinto","name":"Standardbred Pinto","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Standardbred_Pinto","trivia":["The color pattern used by the horse is called 'Skewbald' and is chestnut in color."],"vehicleClass":"Horse","breed":"Horse","speed":3,"health":3,"stamina":3,"statScale":5,"speedLabel":"Normal","healthLabel":"Average","staminaLabel":"Normal","coats":["White/brown"],"locations":["Great Plains","Cholla Springs"]},{"slug":"super-bull","name":"Super Bull","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Super_Bull","trivia":["The Super Bull resembles a Spanish Fighting Bull.","The term 'Super Bull' is more commonly used for bulls/cows that are bred for their big muscles.","The Super Bull looks similar to the Undead Bull."],"vehicleClass":"Horse","breed":"Bull","speed":3,"health":4,"statScale":5,"speedLabel":"Average","healthLabel":"High","coats":["Black"],"locations":["Available exclusively in Multiplayer"]},{"slug":"tersk","name":"Tersk","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Tersk","trivia":["The Tersk breed originates from the Soviet-instituted Tersk stud in the northern Caucasus mountains. The breed was first created in the 1920s and not officially recognized until 1948, making its appearance in Red Dead Redemption an anachronism."],"vehicleClass":"Horse","breed":"Horse","speed":3,"health":3,"statScale":5,"speedLabel":"Normal","healthLabel":"Average","coats":["Champagne"],"locations":["Critchley's Ranch"]},{"slug":"tobiano-pinto","name":"Tobiano Pinto","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Tobiano_Pinto","trivia":["This horse has possibly the highest stamina of all normal speed horses. When riding this horse, it will be hard to deplete the stamina bar compared to other horses, such as the American Standardbred.","At a far sight at night, the Tobiano Pinto can sometimes be mistaken for a Painted Standardbred due to both horses being bays with black manes and white patterning across their back.","Both \"Tobiano\" and \"Pinto\" are considered to be colors, and do not directly refer to the breed of the horse. However, Pinto is sometimes used interchangeably for \"Paint\" which may possibly imply that this is an American Paint Horse."],"vehicleClass":"Horse","breed":"Horse","speed":3,"health":3,"statScale":5,"speedLabel":"Normal","healthLabel":"Average","coats":["Bay Tobiano"]},{"slug":"turkmen","name":"Turkmen","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Turkmen","trivia":["It is a standard mount but is a good way to get around in the world, especially during multiplayer. Getting a new mount is a good thing but, until the player unlocks the next mount, it is a fine mode of getting around.","The name of the breed is not specific but indicates that it originates from Turkmenistan, and likely refers to the Akhal-Teke, but could also refer to the Turkoman, which most probably went extinct prior to the 20th century (there is an endangered horse breed called \"Turkemin\" in modern-day Iran, but it might not be the original Turkoman breed)."],"vehicleClass":"Horse","breed":"Horse","speed":3,"health":3,"statScale":5,"speedLabel":"Normal","healthLabel":"Average","coats":["Brown"]},{"slug":"welsh-mountain","name":"Welsh Mountain","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Welsh_Mountain","trivia":["Although the game calls this horse brown, its flaxen mane suggests that it is actually flaxen chestnut in color. It looks very similar to the Quarter Horse.","Welsh Mountains are in real life fairly small, though they come in four size categories - category A, category B, pony of cob type and cob. The game equivalent is most likely the fourth category, cob, as that is the largest, ranging from 13.2hh with no upper height limit.","At a far sight at night, the Welsh Mountain can be sometimes mistaken for a Quarter Horse due to its brown color pattern and sometimes its flaxen mane and tail."],"vehicleClass":"Horse","breed":"Horse","speed":3,"health":3,"statScale":5,"speedLabel":"Normal","healthLabel":"Average","coats":["Brown/White"]},{"slug":"zebra-donkey","name":"Zebra Donkey","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Zebra_Donkey","trivia":["The Zebra Donkey is fashioned after an oddity in Mexico, known as a Tijuana Zebra. It is a normal white donkey, painted (usually with shoe polish) to look like a zebra, and used in photos with tourists.","Interestingly enough, even though the Zebra Donkey is supposedly just a white donkey with shoe polish stripes, it is the second best multiplayer mount while El Señor is the worst.","Zebra Donkeys are less likely to slow down when nearing a large drop, making for good times running them off a tall bridge.","The Zebra Donkey may also be a reference to the Zebra Cab in the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. The Zebra Cab is a modified Cabbie vehicle with a zebra-stripe paint job that is unlocked upon purchasing and completing the Kaufman cabs Taxi asset. It comes with superior performance levels in comparison to similar vehicles.","The Zebra Donkey is the only mount that, when locked, still has a visible mane color. This is also the only mount with 3D fur.","The Zebra Donkey's walking animation is the same as El Señor's, except with a faster walking speed, so the hooves seem to \"moonwalk\" across the ground."],"vehicleClass":"Horse","breed":"Donkey","speed":4,"health":3,"statScale":5,"speedLabel":"Fast","healthLabel":"Medium","coats":["Black/White stripes"],"locations":["Available exclusively in Multiplayer"]}]}