A short (and almost certainly incomplete) list of people who have punched horses.
If you’re aware of any famous (or infamous, or even not any kind of famous) horse punchers who are not represented here, please feel free to email the proprietor at stainles [at] mac [dot] com or stainles [at] sportsfirings [dot] com.
- Sid Caesar. Cited in his NYT obit and quoted here.
- Kim Raisner, coach of the German modern pentathlon team at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. NPR coverage.
- I’ve been going back and forth on including Alex Karras in this list. I don’t think he punched the horse. I believe that was a well-trained stunt horse. But if I didn’t include him, someone would bring it up. So I’m putting an entry here.
(Last updated July 8, 2024.)