The Ultimate Pony Playlist: 5 Hours of Music About Horses

BY BLOG EDITOR LAUREN MAULDIN

Does your drive to the barn suffer from a lack of equestrian tunes? Do you ever workout at the gym and think, “This beat just doesn’t have enough pony in it for my liking?” Do you ache for a little bit more equestrian flair in your lyrics?

Okay truthfully I’m not sure I can honestly answer yes to any of those questions, but as a lover of music and a lover of horses I had to see just how many songs I could find about horses. The answer? A lot.

A lot a lot. Like, more songs about Wild Horses than you could ever possibly imagine, and many which make for great campfire songs. 

So I had to do the equestrian world a service that it did not ask for, and compile a list of the most essentially equestrian songs I could find. Within this list of 75, you’ll find multiple genres, musicians and eras. We didn’t save anything marked explicit, but listeners should be aware that some songs might include adult language. 

Go forth and listen in confidence that your headphones will never be without ponies again! 

The Plaid Horse Definitive Pony Playlist: 75 Songs About Horses

1. High Horse – Kacey Musgraves
2. Back In The Saddle Again – Gene Autry
3. Dark Horse – Katy Perry
4. Free Fallin’ – Tom Petty
5. Wild Horses – Natasha Bedingfield
6. Amarillo By Morning – George Strait
7. Horses – Keith Urban & Lindsay Ell
8. Should’ve Been A Cowboy – Toby Keith
9. Wild Horses (Sam Feldt Remix) – Birdy
10. Black Horse And The Cherry Tree – KT Tunstall
11. Rich Girls and Horses – The Hawkeyes
12. No Reins – Rascal Flatts
13. Wild Horses – The Sundays
14. Dark Horse – Devin Dawson
15. Tennessee Stud – Johnny Cash
16. Pony Boy – Bruce Springsteen
17. A Horse With No Name – America
18. White Horse – Taylor Swift
19. Girls & Horses – Templeton Thompson
20. Mr Ed Main Theme
21. Run for the Roses – Dan Fogelberg
22. Good Day to Ride – George Canyon
23. Wild Horses – The Rolling Stones
24. Wildfire – Michael Martin Murphey
25. Cowgirls Don’t Cry – Brooks & Dunn
26. Red Headed Stranger – Willie Nelson
27. Just Like Them Horses – Reba McEntire
28. The Horse Nobody Could Ride – Joey + Rory
29. Wild Horses – Bishop Briggs
30. The Horses – Daryl Braithwaite
31. Runaway Horses – Belinda Carlisle
32. Let ‘Em Run – Lacy J. Dalton
33. Wild Horses (Unplugged) – Alicia Keys & Adam Levine
34. Beer For My Horses – Toby Keith & Willie Nelson
35. Slow Pony Home – The Weepies
36. Let That Pony Run – Pam Tillis
37. Three White Horses – Andrew Bird
38. Ballad Of A Runaway Horse – Emmylou Harris
39. Another Horsedreamer’s Blues – Counting Crows
40. The Wild Horse – Rod Stewart
41. I Rode the Wild Horses – Ross Cooper
42. Chestnut Mare – The Byrds
43. Fallen Horses – Smash Mouth
44. All The Pretty Little Ponies – Kenny Loggins
45. American Horse – The Cult
46. Live Like Horses – Elton John
47. Dark Horse – Amanda Marshall
48. Which Way Does That Old Pony Ride – Lyle Lovett
49. Only The Horses – Scissor Sisters
50. Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses – U2
51. She Rides Wild Horses – Kenny Rogers
52. Crazy Horses – The Osmonds
53. Run Wild Horses – Aaron Watson
54. Horse to Water – Tall Heights
55. Horses Are Faster – Ian Munsick
56. Horsey – Macross 82-99
57. Pony – Tom Waits
58. Pony (It’s OK) – Erin McCarley
59. Pony Boy – The Allman Brothers BAnd
60. Appaloosa – Gino Vannelli
61. One Trick Pony – Paul Simon
62. Pony – Kasey Chambers
63. Pullin’ Back The Reins – k.d.lang & The Reclines
64. A Horse in the Country – Cowboy Junkies
65. The Strawberry Roan – Marty Robbins
66. Heavy Horses – Jethro Tull
67. Rider In The Rain – Randy Newman
68. Three Horses – Joan Baez
69. I Ride An Old Paint – Johnny Cash
70. Ghost Riders In The Sky – Johnny Cash
71. Cowboy Take Me Away – Dixie Chicks
72. Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy) – Big & Rich
73. Saddle Up – Colt Ford
74. Saddle Up The Palomino – Neil Young
75. Saddle My Pony – Howlin’ Wolf