A dark horse is a political candidate who is nominated unexpectedly; or an underdog in other fields who achieved unprecedented success.
Dark Horse, Darkhorse, The Dark Horse or A Dark Horse may also refer to:
Publications
Novels
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Dark Horse, a 1931 novel by B. M. Bower
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Dark Horse (Brown novel), a 2013 crime novel by Honey Brown
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Dark Horse, a 2007 novel by John Francome
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The Dark Horse, a 1981 novel by Rumer Godden
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The Dark Horse, a 1899 novel by Nat Gould
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The Dark Horse, a 1931 novel by Robert Grant
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Dark Horse, a 2011 eBook novel in the Taz/Bell series by Sharon Green
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Dark Horse, a 1990 novel by Mary H. Herbert
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Dark Horse, a 2002 novel by Tami Hoag
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The Dark Horse, a 1939 juvenile novel by Will James
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The Dark Horse, a 2010 novel in the Walt Longmire Mysteries series by Craig Johnson
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Dark Horse, a 1972 novel by Fletcher Knebel
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Dark Horse, a 2015 novel by Nilotpal Mrinal
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Dark Horse, a 1992 novel by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir; the eighty-ninth installment in The Destroyer novel series
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Dark Horse (Reed novel), a 2008 novel by Ralph Reed
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Dark Horse, a 1997 novel by Doug Richardson
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The Dark Horse, a 2002 children's novel by Marcus Sedgwick
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Dark Horse, a 1996 novel by Bill Shoemaker
Other
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Dark Horse, a 2018 non-fiction psychology/self-help book by Todd Rose and Ogi Ogas
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The Dark Horse (magazine), a magazine published in Scotland
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Dark Horse Comics, a comic book publisher
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, a biography of George Harrison's Dark Horse Records
Film and television
Films
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The Dark Horse (1932 film), an American comedy film
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The Dark Horse (1946 film), an American film directed by Will Jason
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Dark Horse (1992 film), an American film directed by David Hemmings
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Dark Horse (2005 film), a Danish-Icelandic film directed by Dagur Kári
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Dark Horse (2011 film), an American film directed by Todd Solondz
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The Dark Horse (2014 film), a New Zealand film directed by James Napier Robertson
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, a 2015 documentary about the racehorse
Television
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"The Dark Horse" ( Tanner '88), a 1988 episode
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"A Dark Horse", a 2023 episode of The Power of Parker
Companies
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Dark Horse Entertainment, the film and television production arm of Dark Horse Comics (see above)
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Dark Horse, an Australian film production company owned by filmmaker Catriona McKenzie
Music
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Dark Horse Records, a record label owned by George Harrison
Albums
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Dark Horse (George Harrison album), 1974
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Darkhorse, by Crazy Town, 2002
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The Dark Horse (Achilles album) or the title song, 2005
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Dark Horse – A Live Collection, by Ryan Star, 2006
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Dark Horse (Nickelback album), 2008
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Dark Horse (Twista album) or the title song, 2014
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Dark Horse (Devin Dawson album) or the title song, 2018
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Dark Horse, by Caitlin & Will, unreleased
Songs
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"Dark Horse" (George Harrison song), 1974
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"Dark Horse" (Amanda Marshall song), 1997
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"Dark Horse", by Converge from Axe to Fall, 2009
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"Dark Horse", by the Ghost Inside from Get What You Give, 2012
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"Dark Horse" (Katy Perry song), 2013
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"The Dark Horse", by Scale the Summit from The Migration, 2013
Concert tours
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Alternative name for George Harrison and Ravi Shankar's 1974 North American tour
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Dark Horse Tour, 2008–2010 world tour by Nickelback
Other uses
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Operation Darkhorse offensive against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF)
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Darkhorse Theater Nashville, Tennessee
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Paul Laine
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Dark Horse (astronomy), a large dark nebula
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Dark Horse Brewery, a brewpub in Marshall, Michigan, U.S.
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3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, nicknamed "Dark Horse", an infantry battalion in the U.S. Marine Corps
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Dark Horse, a hybrid 3D computer proposed by Los Alamos National Laboratory prior to the IBM Roadrunner
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DarkHorse Podcast, a podcast presented by Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying
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Darkhorse, an uncrewed hypersonic aircraft being developed by the American startup Hermeus
See also
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Dark Horses (disambiguation)