The day that trigger died, an unashamed post

[Mike007]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CtV4LaipoM . I found this and felt I had to share it with you all./

 

[angelish]

aww i wonder which trigger its a tribute to , there were about 6 different horses in that clip

 

[Mike007]

aww i wonder which trigger its a tribute to , there were about 6 different horses in that clip

I940s colour film ,makes them all look different Dont you go dissing trigger cos I will send the boys round.

 

[angelish]

I940s colour film ,makes them all look different Dont you go dissing trigger cos I will send the boys round.

boys ? ooh good

does the color make them all have a different no of white socks ?

 

[Mike007]

You are of course right . Trigger had his stand ins . 30 years , he had to. But most of the clip is of trigger . I would also add that none of the horses ridden by "roy rogers" ever looked hard done by or ill treated. So I am still glad to share this post.

 

[angelish]

You are of course right . Trigger had his stand ins . 30 years , he had to. But most of the clip is of trigger . I would also add that none of the horses ridden by "roy rogers" ever looked hard done by or ill treated. So I am still glad to share this post.

30yrs yes he would have had to have stand ins
well i enjoyed the vid, my dad used to sit and watch it on a sunday afternoon and yes trigger and co always looked well groomed , trained and cared for

 

[MurphysMinder]

I remember reading a couple of years ago that the stuffed Trigger had been sold at auction for quite a lot of money when a museum or something closed down.

 

[Mike007]

Yes apparently that is true. Also it seems that there was only one real stand in for trigger. Trigger junior(he of the extra coloured socks angelish.)Incidentaly Trigger knew over 100 separate tricks and mostly did his own stunts because the stunt horses wernt clever enough.

 

[hobo]

Aww that was lovely. What about champion the wonder horse as well.

 

[1stclassalan]

Ohhh Ho Mike - I sense that we would get on!!! I had Trigger wallpaper in the bedroom of my youth - he was my inspiration - though I often felt ( even as a small child ) that our cuddly Roy Rogers also had another side to him that the paying public didn't see - a kind of "I'm the damn star here" but he did treat Trigger far better than a lot of cowboys did at that time.

I'm off for me dinner now ....... with the music in my head . A four legged friend, a fourlegged friend, he'll never let you down, he's honest and faithful right up to the end - that wonderful, wonderful, fourlegged friend....... thinking about my mare now.......