Trigger
Horse / Actor
Trigger was often billed as "the smartest horse in the movies" during his heyday with singing cowboy Roy Rogers. Though Rogers was the real star of the show, Trigger became a popular public figure right along with him. The pair starred in dozens of westerns in the 1930s and 1940s; Trigger even shared the title in two, My Pal Trigger (1946) and Trigger, Jr. (1950). (Rogers's wife and co-star Dale Evans had her own favorite horse, Buttermilk.) After his death in 1965, Trigger was mounted and placed in the Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Museum in California.Trigger and Roy Rogers appear with Pegasus and Bellerophon in our loop Seven Horses of Highly Effective People.
Four Good Links
Roadside America: Trigger
A fair starting point, with photos and a short history
Horse Bits and Bytes
Trigger joins a crowd of other famous horses in this illustrated tribute
Famous Horses
A few paragraphs on Trigger, plus notes on other celebrity steeds
Smartest Horse in the Movies
Very brief mention, but a nice photo of Trigger looking pretty darn smart
