Hollywood Hoofbeats

In the days when westerns were big box office and TV attractions, cowboys and their horses often shared equal billing. Champion, wonder horse of the West, was Gene Autry’s mount. John Wayne rode Duke, his devil horse, and, of course, there was Roy Rogers and Trigger billed as the smartest horse in the movies. — […]

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Roy Roger’s Trigger sells for $225,000 to Nebraska Cable TV Network

A Nebraska Cable TV Network ponied up $225,000 for Roy Roger’s horse, Trigger, during an auction of memorabilia from the Roy Rogers Museum which was auctioned off by Christie’s. Trigger’s sale exceeded the estimate of $100-$2000. The museum closed in December, 2009 after two steady years of declining visitors. The Trigger in the auction was […]

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