Written by Rachael Kraft - Updated January 2023
Every fall, the jack o’lanterns are lit, ghoulish yard ornaments spring up amidst the autumn leaves, and trick-or-treaters prepare their candy routes through the neighborhoods. It’s time for Halloween!
The festivities don’t need to be limited to trick-or-treating and Halloween parties. Why not bring the costume fun out to the barn and let your horse join in? We searched far and wide and found 25 outstanding horse costume for Halloween!
These horse costumes are the perfect way to transform both you and your horse into freaky fictional characters and spooky specters. So, grab your body paint, put on your wig, and get ready to have fun with some of the best horse and ride costumes there are!
We’d love to know which ones are your favorites.
1. When it comes to magical horse costumes, look no farther than the wondrous world of Harry Potter. This young writer looks like she’s straight out of Hogwarts. Here and horse are dressed up as Hermione and Buckbeak the Hippogriff.
Photo Credit: Harvest View Stables
2. You’ll lose your head over this next fictional character. Here’s a Halloween classic. It’s a rider and horse dressed up as the Headless Horseman from The Legend of Sleepy Hallow.
Photo Credit: Harvest View Stables
3. Little Bo Peep may have lost her sheep, but she knows exactly where to find them! Or, at least this one sheep anyway. We loved this fantastic fluffy horse costume.
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4. If you’re looking for your horse Halloween costume ideas on TV, you can check out this awesome Pink Panther duo. They look like they are ready to solve a mystery of who stole all of the barn’s candy!
Photo Credit: The Horse Tailor
5. He lives in a pineapple under the sea... it’s Spongebob SquarePants and his trusty friend Gary the Snail. Now, here’s a horse costume that crawls over the competition.
Photo Credit: Midwest Stallion Directory
6. Princess Leia has been captured by Darth Vader and his trusty Stormtrooper. Luckily, R2D2 is on a mission to rescue the equine damsel in distress. We love this Star Wars inspired horse Halloween costume!
Photo Credit: Chestnut Hill CA
7. Would you look at those muscles! It’s clear this fun Popeye and Olive Oil pair never skip on their nightly spinach.
Photo Credit: The Very Best Top 10
8. Turn out the lights and all you see are… BONES! This skeleton horse costume works perfectly with the human dressed up ask the Grim Reaper.
Photo Credit: Earth Porm
9. When it comes to real life horse costumes, few did a better job of dressing up their animals as medieval knights! Here’s a historical spin on a horse Halloween costume.
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10. Who says you need to pick a character from fiction? Here’s a fantastic costume idea just taking advantage of a Paint horse’s natural coloring. Brilliant!
Photo Credit: Harvest View Stables
11. Adorable… what else can you say?
Photo Credit: Miniature Horse Talk
12. Rodrigo Pessoa dressed as a NASCAR driver with his horse Palouchin de Ligny at the 2010 Washington International Horse Show in the $20,000 Gambler’s Choice Event. If you want to see some of the top pros in costume, definitely check out this exciting annual Halloween costume event!
Photo Credit: Chronicle of the Horse
13. Get ready to Jump ‘n Jive! This horse and rider costume set is straight out of the 1950’s.
Photo Credit: Imgur
14. If poodles aren’t your thing, consider transforming your horse into another animal closer in shape… like the Zebra! This pair looks ready to take the racing world by storm!
Photo Credit: Sleezybarbhorsewear
15. Donkeys also deserve some love when it comes to the Equus family tree. We love this Shrek inspired costume idea. It’s pure Disney magic!
Photo Credit: MyHorseForum
16. Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet, eating her curds and whey… then here comes a SERIOUSLY spooky spider that sat down beside her. Yikes! It frightened Miss Muffet away.
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17. Halloween doesn’t deserve all the autumn season glory. Here’s a great costume that honors Thanksgiving. Looks delicious!
Photo Credit: Harvest View Stables
18. When all else fails, this horse and rider combo decided to lean into that Groovy Feeling. Where can we get one of these incredible wigs?
Photo Credit: Harvest View Stables
19. After your horse Halloween class, don’t forget to swing by Starbucks for your pumpkin spice latte! (This horse sure does look incredibly patient.) :D
Photo Credit: The Very Best Top 10
20. This young rider decided not to think outside the box. In fact, she and her mount decided to stay INSIDE this Breyer Horse Box.
21. This rider’s Halloween costume is absolutely stuffed with creativity. Check out those amazing pants his horse is wearing. Genius!
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22. Hope this young Bumblebee doesn’t have allergies because his horse is absolutely covered in beautiful flowers. Achooo!
Photo Credit: MyHorseForum
23. Wanna Rock ‘n Roll all night? Then, check out this awesome KISS horse costume and rider. This pair looks like they’ll party every day!
Photo Credit: Costume-Works.com
24. It’s not easy being green… unless you’re part of this adorable jumping duo. Here is the Princess and the Frog in their horse Halloween costume class.
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25. It’s a bird, it’s a plane… it’s Super horse! This last horse costume is surely out of this world. Super heroes make a great horse costume idea.
Photo Credit: Simone Aumair
We hope you enjoyed all of these wacky, spooky, and creative horse costumes. Have a lot of fun this season and please let us know what amazing outfits you use this year.
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