Our favorite film horses

"The Horse Whisperer" starred Robert Redford (R) as Tom Booker, a healer of horse psyches. The equine advisor on the film, Buck Brannaman, is known as a real-life horse whisperer, and was featured in the 2011 Oscar-shortlisted documentary "Buck."

Trivia: Pilgrim, the traumatized horse, was played by the late Hightower, a Quarter Horse who also carried Julia Roberts away from one of her weddings in "Runaway Bride."

"The Horse Whisperer" starred Robert Redford (R) as Tom Booker, a healer of horse psyches. The equine advisor on the film, Buck Brannaman, is known as a real-life horse whisperer, and was featured in the 2011 Oscar-shortlisted documentary "Buck."

Trivia: Pilgrim, the traumatized horse, was played by the late Hightower, a Quarter Horse who also carried Julia Roberts away from one of her weddings in "Runaway Bride."