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Horses are an important element in the fantasy world of [[Middle-earth]] created by [[J. R. R. Tolkien]].

==Races of horses==
===Mearas===
The '''Mearas''' were a breed of wild [[horse]]s in the north of [[Middle-earth]] in the [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] [[legendarium]]. Their [[mortality]] is equal to Men and their intelligence and [[strength]] are extraordinary.
They descend from [[Felaróf]], who was tamed by the first [[King of Rohan]], [[Eorl]].  Ever since, they have been been the mounts of the King and Princess of Rohan alone.  During the War of the Ring, however, [[Gandalf| Gandalf the Grey]] tamed [[Shadowfax]], lord of the Mearas at the end of the [[Third Age]].


==Individual horses==
===Arod===
Arod was Legolas's Horse in The Lord Of The Rings Seriesthe horse of [[Legolas]]. He was the grey/white horse given to himLegolas by the Riders of [[Rohan]] in t''The Two Towers''.

===Asfaloth===
'''Asfaloth''' is the horse ridden by the [[Elves (Middle-earth)|elf]] who meets [[Aragorn|Strider]] and the [[Hobbit]]s shortly before they arrive at [[Rivendell]] ([[Glorfindel]] in the book, [[Arwen]] in [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[The Fellowship of the Ring (movie)|film version]]).

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===Windfola===
[[Éowyn]]'s Meara grey horse. Whilst disguised as Dernhelm, Éowyn (with Merry) rode to the Battle of the Pelennor Fields on Windfola.

==See also:==
*[[List of fictional horses]]
[[Category:Middle-earth characters|Horses]]
[[Category:Fictional horses]]