Anthony Amaral (19 August 1930 – 9 June 1982) was an American West Historian and horse trainer.

He wrote books and articles on movie and feral horses, as well a biography of Western novelist and artist Will James.

Amaral was born in New York, but moved to Carson City, Nevada at an early age.

He served in the U.S. Army in the early 1950s during the Korean War, where he reached the rank of 1st Lieut.

[2] He married Loretta Anne Richey in 1965 in Napa California; was later divorced in 1971, in Carson City, Nevada.