50 Best Country Songs About Riding Horses

Best Country Riding Horse Songs

There’s a certain kind of rhythm that takes hold when you’re on a horse. Not adrenaline exactly, not calm either, but something strange in the middle. The creak of leather, the dirt kicking up in small clouds, the weight of the animal under you that makes you feel both bigger and smaller at once. And then a track slides in, one that hits the same cadence as hooves on the ground. Sometimes it’s straight-up country, sometimes it’s a song pulled from somewhere unexpected, but it clicks with that mood like it belongs there.

It’s not clean or cinematic like a Western movie. It’s sweat, dust on your jeans, and the strange comfort of being too close to an animal that could throw you if it wanted. Some tracks lean into freedom, some into grit, some into the tangled nostalgia that comes with long rides. A few weren’t written with horses in mind at all, yet the energy fits. The same way people pair pop, rock, country, and R&B songs to a road trip even when the lyrics aren’t describing a highway, these cuts still latch on to the feeling.

Not every ride feels steady. Some are chaotic, some are smooth, and a handful blur into memory faster than you expect. Certain songs carry that same mess of motion and weight, and they end up working in a way that feels right when the reins are in your hands. Here are the best country songs for riding horses.

1. 'Tennessee Stud' by Johnny Cash

2. 'Back in the Saddle Again' by Gene Autry

3. 'Beer for My Horses' by Toby Keith and Willie Nelson

4. 'Wildfire' by Michael Martin Murphey

5. 'If Heartaches Were Horses' by George Strait

6. 'The Cowboy Rides Away' by George Strait

7. 'Wild Horses' by Garth Brooks

8. 'Ballad of a Runaway Horse' by Emmylou Harris

9. 'Cowboy Take Me Away' by The Chicks

10. 'The Strawberry Roan' by Marty Robbins

11. 'Old Town Road' by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus

12. 'White Horse' by Taylor Swift

13. 'High Horse' by Kacey Musgraves

14. 'Let That Pony Run' by Pam Tillis

15. 'The Horse Nobody Could Ride' by Joey + Rory

16. 'The Horses' by Daryl Braithwaite

17. 'Cheyenne' by Roy Rogers

18. 'My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys' by Willie Nelson

19. 'Should've Been a Cowboy' by Toby Keith

20. 'Like a Cowboy' by Randy Houser

21. 'Horses Are Faster' by Ian Munsick

22. 'Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)' by Big & Rich

23. 'Rhinestone Cowboy' by Glen Campbell

24. 'Pony Boy' by Bruce Springsteen

25. 'Run for the Roses' by Dan Fogelberg

26. 'Wildflowers and Wild Horses' by Lainey Wilson

27. 'Just Like Them Horses' by Reba McEntire

28. 'A Horse with No Name' by America

29. 'Hold My Horses' by Madeline Edwards

30. 'Cowboys Like Us' by George Strait

31. 'No Reins' by Rascal Flatts

32. 'Old Paint' by Linda Ronstadt

33. 'Comanche (The Brave Horse)' by Johnny Horton

34. 'The Last of the Silver Spurs' by Michael Nesmith

35. 'She Rode a Wild Horse' by Kenny Rogers

36. 'Giddy Up!' by Shania Twain

37. 'Horses in Heaven' by Kylie Frey featuring Randy Houser

38. 'My Rifle, My Pony, and Me' by Dean Martin

39. 'Silver Stallion' by The Highwaymen

40. 'Ponies' by John Denver

41. 'Red Headed Stranger' by Willie Nelson

42. 'The Horse Nobody Could Ride' by Joey + Rory

43. 'Another Horse to Ride' by Ned LeDoux

44. 'He Rides the Wild Horses' by Chris LeDoux

45. 'Hooked On An 8 Second Ride' by Chris LeDoux

46. 'Wild Palomino' by Zac Brown Band

47. 'Saddle' by Paul Cauthen

48. 'The Horse Nobody Could Ride' by Joey + Rory

49. 'She Won't Come to Me' by Corb Lund

50. 'A Cowboy's Toughest Ride' by Clay Walker