Glenn H. Randall Sr.(1908-1992)

Glenn H. Randall Sr., trained horses ranging from cavalry mounts to Roy Rogers' palomino, Trigger, and other Western movie horses. Born on Christmas Day, 1908, in Melbeta, Neb., Randall began training horses at age 9 and by his early teens was breaking and training horses and mules for the U.S. Cavalry at Fort Robinson, Neb. In the early 1940s, he moved from Wyoming to Bakersfield, to manage a large horse ranch. He soon met Roy Rogers, who hired him to train Trigger, Randall developed more than 30 hand commands to which the palomino responded, and also trained Roy Rogers Liberty Horses, traveling the world with Rogers for more than 25 years. He also trained horses for other celebrities, including Gene Autry, Tex Ritter and Wayne Newton. Randall trained the 78 horses used in the 1959 Academy Award-winning film "Ben Hur," in addition to horses in the "Black Stallion" (1979), "The Black Stallion Returns" (1983) and many other films and television shows.

In the mid-1960s, Randall set up a stable in Newhall that furnished horses, mules and horse-drawn carriages for the motion-picture industry. Randall, a lifetime member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Assn., and his family performed in rodeos and horse shows throughout the United States for more than 25 years. He was inducted into the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City, and twice won the American Humane Assn.'s Patsy Award.