I believe he was. Until the Quarter Horse became the choice for Hollywood, the American Saddlebred was the most used horse breed for movies and TV. In fact Mr. Ed was an American Saddlebred (registered name Bamboo Harvester). If you watch the old westerns, some of John Waynes are good examples, you will see that just about everybody was mounted on a Saddlebred.
'Trigger' was Roy's horse. You can see his story in the movie "My Pal Trigger".Trigger :)
Roy Roger's steed was "Trigger", a beautiful palomino stallion. After Trigger passed on, he rode Trigger's son, "Trigger, Jr.". Trigger was never used to pull anything, only to ride.
He has three named Trigger, Little Trigger, and Trigger Jr.
Trigger and Buttermilk Trigger and Buttermilk
A Palamino This is a color breed. According to Bill Witney, Trigger's sire was a registered Palomino; his dam was 1/2 cold blood and 1/2 Throughbred. Her sire had raced. Trigger inherited the best of both parents. There were also other Triggers, Little Trigger and of course Trigger Jr. Trigger was a stallion but not related to Trigger, Jr. Trigger Jr. was a Tennessee Walker. Little Trigger did most of the traveling to rodeos and such. Trigger was a stallion but was only used once for breeding. I asked Roy once about Trigger being used for breeding. He told me he was not happy about the breeding and didn't want to say much about it except it didn't turn out well. To learn the whole Trigger story read Trigger Remembered by William Witney
American Saddlebred.
An American Saddlebred is a breed of horse which originated in Kentucky, crossing Thoroughbreds, Morgans, and Standardbreds.
The web address of the American Saddlebred Museum is: http://www.asbmuseum.org
The phone number of the American Saddlebred Museum is: 859-259-2746.
You should find lots of good information at the American saddlebred horse association website.
All horses are mammals, not just the saddlebred. They nurse their young.
Yes they can
The address of the American Saddlebred Museum is: 4083 Iron Works Pkwy, Lexington, KY 40511-8483
The American Saddlebred Association of Wisconsin
15 to 18 hands
Black socks on all four legsstarsnipblazeThe socks are never whiteThose are the most common markings for a Saddlebred horse
The American saddlebred horse eats what any other horse eats. hay, grass and grain. they aren't any different then a normal horse.