Horse Figurines

• Bucephalus (died 326B.C.): personal mount of Alexander the Great. Mortally wounded in a battle on the bank of the Hydaspes, he turned and raced back through the ranks, stopped and kneeled allowing Alexander to dismount, then collapsed and died.
• Comanche (died 1890): touted as the only survivor of Custer’s last stand, which proved not to be true. Comanche was not even Custer’s horse, but belonged to a lieutenant.
• Marengo (died 1832): reportedly Napoleon’s favorite horse. Acquired in 1799 after the Egyptian campaign, Bonaparte rode him through several battles until he was captured by the English at Waterloo, in 1815. He was then taken back to England and put out to stud. On his death, his skeleton was articulated and displayed in the National Army Museum
• Black Gold (died 1928) Winner of the Golden Anniversary 50th running of the Kentucky Derby, he turned out to be a fertility flop. The only colt he sired, was struck and killed by lightning. With no future siring progeny, he returned to the track, but never won another race, and plagued by a quarter crack, broke his leg in a race and was humanely put down at the age of seven
• Trigger (died 1965): famous mount of cowboy movie star, Roy Rogers. Trigger was not “stuffed” as popular belief has it. When he died at the age of 31, his skin was stretched over a plaster mold, posed in a rearing position, where he towers today at the museum in Branson, Missouri.