A horizontal forging technology for a middle-sized spline shaft yoke comprises the following steps that firstly, blanking is carried out, the diameter of a blank is 55 mm, the material 40Cr is adopted, and the length of the blank is 295 mm; secondly, upsetting is carried out, the end of the blank is heated, the heating temperature is 1,150 DEG C, the heated blank is a blank to be upset, then, the blank to be upset is placed in a spline shaft yoke cavity of a pre-forging female die of a spline shaft yoke horizontal forging die on a horizontal forging machine, then, a power drive end drives a pre-forging male die to carry out upsetting on the blank to be upset, and a pre-forged piece blank is formed after upsetting is finished; and thirdly, finish forging is carried out, the pre-forged piece blank is taken out and placed in a spline shaft yoke cavity of a finish forging female die of the spline shaft yoke horizontal forging die on the horizontal forging machine, the horizontal forging machine is operated, the power drive end drives a finish forging male die to conduct upset-extruding on the pre-forged piece blank, and a finish forged piece is formed after upset-extruding is finished. According to the horizontal forging technology, the design is reasonable, the structure is simple, the forged piece is easy to form, and the rejection rate of the forged piece is greatly reduced; and the production efficiency is improved, and the production cost and the die manufacturing cost are reduced.