Trigger (horse)

Trigger (1932- 3 July 1965) was a 15.3 hands golden Palomino horse made famous in American Western films with his owner/rider, cowboy star Roy Rogers.

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1932 - 1965 - Palomino - Horse - American - Western film - Cowboy - Roy Rogers

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Trigger was ridden by Rogers in all of his motion pictures, becoming much loved by the youthful audience that saw him on film and in Rogers' 1950s television series with his wife Dale Evans who rode her trusty buckskin, Buttermilk.

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Television - Dale Evans - Buttermilk

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Trigger became the most famous horse in film entertainment, even having his own Dell comic book recounting his exploits.

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Dell - Comic book

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Trigger, a Palomino stallion, was bought by Roy in 1938 after he spotted him on the set of The Adventures of Robin Hood where he was being ridden by Olivia de Havilland.

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The Adventures of Robin Hood - Olivia de Havilland

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After Trigger died in 1965, his hide was stretched over a plaster likeness and put on display at the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum in Victorville, California which has since been relocated to Branson, Missouri. In a gruesome twist, the meat was ground up and is believed to have been served in three dozen or more greasy spoons in several western states. John L. Jones, the butcher whom investigative reporter Allan Grishold in 1967 revealed to be Trigger's worst enemy, was sentenced to five years in prison for selling adulterated food.

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1965 - Victorville, California - Branson, Missouri - Greasy spoons

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