The Horse Update is the name for Minecraft version 1.6.1, a major update released on July 1 2013.

Nearer the end of the snapshot cycle for the 1.6 update, Mojang focused primarily on fixing bugs, rather than adding new features.

The official name for the update the Horse Update was only announced a week prior to the 1.6 prerelease on the Minecraft update tumblr .

Mojang released the 1.6 pre-release on June 25, 2013.

The 1.6.1 pre-release was released on June 28, 2013, shortly before the final release.