In the movie Ben Hur, what are the names of the four horses he guides during the Charriot race?

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Altair, Antares, Aldebaran and Rigel Oct 01 03, 2:21 AM

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I am surprised at the fact hat they have arabic names in Roman times. Oct 01 03, 5:48 AM

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There is a very good reason that they did. In the film, during a fierce battle, Ben-Hur saves the life of a Roman officer, played by Jack Hawkins who adopts him as a son and he returns to his life of nobility and continues his search for his mother and sister. In the time after his re-birth, Ben-Hur meets an Arab sheik (Hugh Griffith) with a magnificent stable of four Arabian white horse that will compete in the annual chariot race which Messala has won consecutively for the past four years. Oct 01 03, 6:41 AM