# Dark Horse

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, a 1931 novel by B. M. Bower
* Dark Horse (Brown novel), a 2013 crime novel by Honey Brown
* Dark Horse, a 2007 novel by John Francome
* The Dark Horse, a 1981 novel by Rumer Godden
* The Dark Horse, a 1899 novel by Nat Gould
* The Dark Horse, a 1931 novel by Robert Grant
* Dark Horse, a 2011 eBook novel in the Taz/Bell series by Sharon Green
* Dark Horse, a 1990 novel by Mary H. Herbert
* Dark Horse, a 2002 novel by Tami Hoag
* The Dark Horse, a 1939 juvenile novel by Will James
* The Dark Horse, a 2010 novel in the Walt Longmire Mysteries series by Craig Johnson
* Dark Horse, a 1972 novel by Fletcher Knebel
* Dark Horse, a 2015 novel by Nilotpal Mrinal
* Dark Horse, a 1992 novel by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir; the eighty-ninth installment in The Destroyer novel series
* Dark Horse (Reed novel), a 2008 novel by Ralph Reed
* Dark Horse, a 1997 novel by Doug Richardson
* The Dark Horse, a 2002 children's novel by Marcus Sedgwick
* Dark Horse, a 1996 novel by Bill Shoemaker

### 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
* Dark Horse Records: The Story of George Harrison's Post-Beatles Record Label, a biography of George Harrison's Dark Horse Records

## 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
* Dark Horse: The Incredible True Story of Dream Alliance, 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