In the above photo, Dad (Roy Rogers) and Trigger (his palomino) get their footprints in cement in the courtyard of Graumann’s Chinese Theater.

If you have been following my posts, you know that Little Trigger was the horse that made personal appearances (parades, stage shows, etc.) and Trigger (the Old Man or the Old Horse) appeared in movies and on television.  BUT, when it came to being immortalized in cement, Trigger is the one that Dad chose.

He truly loved that horse!! While he and Little Trigger had a sort of love/hate relationship.

Standing directly above Mom (Dale Evans Rogers) is Pat Brady. Dad’s sidekicks on the RoyRogers TV Show and in several of Dad’s Republic Studios movies. Kneeling at Mom’s right, holding Trigger’s hoof, is Glenn Randall, Trigger’s trainer.

The slab with Trigger’s hoof prints and Dad’s boot prints is still there at Graumann’s on Hollywood Boulevard.

Above are some photos that I was unable to include in my latest book, “Cowboy Princess Rides Again.”  They are photos from an old movie magazine and the quality just isn’t good enough from them to be reproduced in print today. But, I am happy to include them here.

The first photo is of Little Trigger sitting.  The second if the famous “End of Trail” pose, and the last is of Little Trigger saying his prayers.

In the top photos, Dad is using one of his silver saddles but in the last photo, it is one of Dad’s famous, or infamous, plastic saddles.

I am not sure there the top two photos were taken, but I think the bottom photo was taken at Glenn Randall’s stables (Glenn was Dad’s horse trainer) in the San Fernando Valley.

Happy trails, Cheryl