Dark Horse Explained

A dark horse is a political candidate who is nominated unexpectedly; or an underdog in other fields who achieved unprecedented success.

Dark Horse, Darkhorse, or The Dark Horse may also refer to:

Publications

Novels

• Dark Horse (Brown novel), a 2013 crime novel by Honey Brown
• The Dark Horse, a 1931 novel by Robert Grant
• Dark Horse, a 2002 novel by Tami Hoag
• The Dark Horse, a 2010 Walt Longmire mystery by Craig Johnson
• Dark Horse, a 1972 novel by Fletcher Knebel
• Dark Horse (Reed novel), a 2008 novel by Ralph Reed
• The Dark Horse, a 2002 children's novel by Marcus Sedgwick

Other

• Dark Horse, a 2018 non-fiction psychology/self-help book by Todd Rose and Ogi Ogas
• The Dark Horse (magazine), a magazine published in Scotland
• Dark Horse Comics, a comic book publisher

Film and television

Films

• The Dark Horse (1932 film), an American comedy film
• The Dark Horse (1946 film), an American film directed by Will Jason
• Dark Horse (1992 film), an American film directed by David Hemmings
• Dark Horse (2005 film), a Danish-Icelandic film directed by Dagur Kári
• Dark Horse (2011 film), an American film directed by Todd Solondz
• The Dark Horse (2014 film), a New Zealand film directed by James Napier Robertson
• , a 2015 documentary about the racehorse

Television

• "The Dark Horse" (Tanner '88), an episode of the television series Tanner '88

Companies

• Dark Horse Entertainment, the film and television production arm of Dark Horse Comics (see above)
• Dark Horse, an Australian film production company owned by filmmaker Catriona McKenzie

Music

• Dark Horse Records, a record label owned by George Harrison

Albums

• Dark Horse (George Harrison album), 1974
• Darkhorse, by Crazy Town, 2002
• The Dark Horse (Achilles album) or the title song, 2005
• Dark Horse – A Live Collection, by Ryan Star, 2006
• Dark Horse (Nickelback album), 2008
• Dark Horse (Twista album) or the title song, 2014
• Dark Horse (Devin Dawson album) or the title song, 2018
• Dark Horse, by Caitlin & Will, unreleased

Songs

• "Dark Horse" (George Harrison song), 1974
• "Dark Horse" (Amanda Marshall song), 1997
• "Dark Horse", by Converge from Axe to Fall, 2009
• "Dark Horse", by the Ghost Inside from Get What You Give, 2012
• "Dark Horse" (Katy Perry song), 2013
• "The Dark Horse", by Scale the Summit from The Migration, 2013

Concert tours

• Alternative name for George Harrison and Ravi Shankar's 1974 North American tour
• Dark Horse Tour, 2008–2010 world tour by Nickelback

Other uses

• Operation Darkhorse offensive against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF)
• Darkhorse Theater Nashville, Tennessee
  • Darkhorse (band) Dark Horse (astronomy), a large dark nebula
• Dark Horse Brewery, a brewpub in Marshall, Michigan, U.S.
• 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, nicknamed "Dark Horse", an infantry battalion in the U.S. Marine Corps
• Dark Horse, a hybrid 3D computer proposed by Los Alamos National Laboratory prior to the IBM Roadrunner
• DarkHorse Podcast, a podcast presented by Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying

See also

• Dark Horses (disambiguation)