Mary Queen of Scots

[Maninblack]

What was the name of Mary Queen of Scots horse?

[GarryD39b]

Black Agnes

[jno]

another was called Rosabelle, according to Brewer's dictionary

[Gevs1966]

Dave

[Octavius]

It was simply called White Horse

[jno]

Octavius, are you sure? I did find a website claiming the whisky was named after the horse, but it didn't actually specify that this was the horse's name... and it seems a mighty bland name for a royal horse, especially when her other horses did have names. Even 'Dave' shows a bit more imagination on Her Majesty's part.

[Maninblack]

Okay guys, found a book with it in. It's Black Agnes.

[Octavius]

Go to the bootom of the page to the Queensbury house bit, and it refers to her horse being called White Horse.  Not exactly imaginative I know....

http://www.edinburgh-tattoo.co.uk/edinburgh/royalmile05.html

[jno]

that was the one I found, Octavius, but the way I read it, they called it White Horse and if anyone asked whose white horse it was named after they'd say 'the queen's' - but without it necessarily implying that this was the horse's actual name, merely a description... anyway Maninblack has found one of a colour more suited to his own name

[Octavius]

She probably had several, being Queen an'all, maybe even one called Dave