07/05/2023
Remembering TRIGGER (1934 – 1965), who was born on July 4th. He was Roy Rogers' beautiful Golden Palomino stallion and co-starred with Roy in many of his movies and TV show. Trigger was often billed as "the smartest horse in the movies". Trigger even shared the movie title with Roy on two occasions: My Pal Trigger (1946) and Trigger, Jr. (1950). Trigger started life out as Golden Cloud. At around 3 years of age, Golden Cloud was sold to the Hudkins Stables, which rented horses to the movie industry. Golden Cloud's first major appearance was in the movie, The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) where he was ridden by Olivia de Havilland. Trigger later won a Patsy award for the role in Son of Paleface (1952) & the 1958 Craven award winner. He was so popular that at one time, he even had his own fan club with members from all over the world.
