Red Dead Redemption 2 Best Horses: Where to Buy or Find Them

Which horse should you get?

Stats are base values out of 10. Prices are base prices before any discount.

Quick picks:

• Best free horse: White Arabian. Elite handling at no cost, though it has the lowest health and stamina of the three Arabians here.
• Best before the Epilogue: Black Arabian, with 6 in every stat and Elite handling.
• Most health: Turkoman, with 7 health.
• Most speed: Missouri Fox Trotter, with 7 speed and better health and stamina than the Nokota.
• Best overall: Rose Grey Bay Arabian, once you reach the Epilogue.

Buying the Gold Turkoman by TagBackTV — YouTube

Buying the Gold Turkoman by TagBackTV

Missouri Fox Trotter overview by Daneliecasts — YouTube

Missouri Fox Trotter overview by Daneliecasts

How do you get the White Arabian?

On the map: View on map · Wild horses and stables on the map

Ride to Lake Isabella in northern Ambarino and search the snowy area northwest of the lake. The White Arabian is a wild mare. Get close slowly and use your lasso, or jump on, then keep your balance until it is tamed. You can tame wild horses from Chapter 2.

Finding and taming the White Arabian by Noob Tube — YouTube

Finding and taming the White Arabian by Noob Tube

What do the handling types mean?

Every horse has one of four handling types: Heavy, Standard, Race and Elite. Handling is listed separately from the four stats, so compare it alongside them. All three Arabians in the table above are Elite.

How does horse bonding work?

Bonding goes up to level 4. Riding, feeding, brushing, calming and patting your horse all raise it. Higher bonding:

• adds +1 health and +1 stamina, and raises courage at levels 2 to 4,
• makes the horse less skittish,
• extends whistle range and response,
• unlocks moves such as drifting, skid stops, rearing and the piaffe,
• gives you longer to revive your horse after it falls, from 12 minutes at level 1 up to 60 minutes at level 4,
• raises the price you get if you sell it.

A dirty horse drains its cores 25% faster, so brush it now and then. The “My kingdom is a horse” cheat raises bonding with all your horses instantly. See the cheats list, and remember cheats block saving.

Where to go next

New to the game? The beginner guide covers cores, Honor and the early gold bars that pay for your first good horse.

Sources: Red Dead Wiki (Arabian, Turkoman, Missouri Fox Trotter, Horse Stats and stable pages) and IGN’s best horse guide. Last checked October 16, 2026.

Images: official Red Dead Redemption 2 artwork, and gameplay frames from the walkthrough videos embedded above by TagBackTV, Daneliecasts and Noob Tube. Game content © Rockstar Games.