Bankes's Horse

Marocco
Marocco and William Bankes
performing in an arena
SpeciesEquus ferus caballus
SexMale
Bornc. 1586
Staffordshire, England
Diedc. 1606 (about 20)
Nation fromEngland England
OccupationPerforming horse
OwnerWilliam Bankes

Marocco (c. 1586 – c. 1606), widely known as Bankes's Horse (after his trainer William Bankes), was the name of a late 16th- and early 17th-century English performing horse. He is sometimes referred to as the "Dancing Horse", the "Thinking Horse", or the "Politic Horse".