25 Horse & Rider Halloween Costume Ideas You Won’t Believe!

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 ideas for Halloween! Which one is your favorite?

Some people get their costume inspiration from popular stories…

1. Harry Potter and Buckbeak the Hippogriff from our friends at Harvest View Stables.

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2. The Headless Horseman

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3. Little Bo Peep and Sheep

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Some turn to TV and cinema…

4. The Pink Panther

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5. SpongeBob and Gary

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6. Darth Vader and Princess Leia

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7. Pop Eye the Sailor Man

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Some just go with the classics.

8. Skeleton Horse

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9. Medieval Horse and Rider

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But if you don’t have an idea, just work with what you’ve got!

10. A Paint Job

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Don’t be afraid to have fun. Horse Halloween fun can range from the littlest angel…

11. Angel

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…To the biggest names in equestrian sports!

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.