Horse Generator – Rigged & Animated Horses for Blender
Rigged custom horses that walk, trot and gallop on any path
Horse Generator adds a living, fully rigged horse to your scene in one click and makes it move like a real one. Pick one of 23 breeds, from a Thoroughbred or an Arabian to a Friesian, a Shire, an Icelandic or a Miniature, then change anything: height, build, age, coat color, markings, mane, tail and saddle. Draw a path on the ground and the horse walks, trots, canters and gallops along it, starting, stopping and turning by itself.
The animation is made for you. A gait engine places every hoof with IK, so hooves plant on the ground without sliding, legs fold in the right order for each gait, the body swings and bounces with the stride, and the head and neck nod with the footfalls. Walk, trot, canter and gallop blend smoothly as the speed changes, and the horse leans and bends into turns.
The look is built for close-ups: strand hair for the mane, tail, forelock and feathering, a layered coat shader with real color genetics, dapples and white patterns, and tack made from photo-scanned leather and metal.
Walk, trot, canter, gallop
Every gait is made for you with IK: hooves plant without sliding, the legs move in the real footfall order and the body swings with the stride.
Click a clip, it moves
Pick Idle, Walk, Trot, Canter or Run in the sidebar and the horse plays it at once, fully rigged and ready to keyframe on top.
Draw a path, it follows
Draw a path on the ground or pick a preset. The horse sets off from a stand, trots through the turns, leans into the bends and stops at the end.
23 breeds, any coat
Thoroughbreds, Arabians, Friesians, Shires, ponies and wild horses, with 36 coat colors, pinto and Appaloosa patterns, markings and real strand hair.
Saddle up
English, dressage, Western, racing, medieval, side saddle and pack saddles with pads and bridles that fit every horse.
Features
- 23 breeds with real proportions: light, warmblood, draft, pony and wild horses
- Age from foal to old horse, height, weight and build sliders
- 36 coat colors, 12 white patterns (pinto and Appaloosa), 10 face and 7 leg markings, dapples, roaning, mud and sweat
- 11 mane styles and 7 tail styles as real hair curves, with braids, plaits and mud knots
- 11 saddles (English, dressage, Western, racing, endurance, Australian, medieval, side saddle, pack and more), pads, bridles, nosebands and 13 complete outfits
- IK rig with foot and pole controls, a spine, neck and tail chain, ears and jaw
- 11 ready clips: two idles and grazing, walk, trot, canter, gallop, start walking, stop walking, turn left, turn right
- Draw a path or pick a loop, set the gait per stretch, and the horse follows the ground
- Game export: bake the coat to textures, hair cards for engines
- Picture sidebar with breed, coat and tack thumbnails, Randomize and Apply Breed Look buttons
- Works in Cycles and EEVEE
Requires Blender 4.2 or newer. Tested on Blender 4.2, 4.5 and 5.2 LTS.
Install in under a minute (Blender 4.2+)
- In Blender open Edit › Preferences › Get Extensions.
- Open the arrow menu at the top right and choose Install from Disk.
- Pick the downloaded zip. Do not unzip it.
Questions
Which Blender versions are supported?
Blender 4.2 and newer. It is tested on Blender 4.2, 4.5 and 5.2 LTS.
Can I animate the horse myself?
Yes. The horse is a normal armature with IK foot targets, pole controls and FK spine, neck, head, ears and tail. Use the generated clips as a base, keyframe on top, or turn the motion off and animate by hand.
Can I use it in a game engine?
Yes. Bake Coat Textures turns the coat shader into image textures and the hair can be turned into hair cards. Export the mesh, armature and actions as FBX or glTF.
Can a rider sit on it?
No rider is included. The saddle sits on the rig, so you can parent your own rider to it.
Does it work in EEVEE?
Yes, in both Cycles and EEVEE. Cycles gives the most realistic hair.
Details
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Blender
- 4.2 or newer
- Tested on
- 4.2, 4.5 and 5.2 LTS
- Render engines
- Cycles, EEVEE
- Category
- Animation
- Download
- 11.7 MB zip
- License
- GPL v3