Roy Rogers' horse Trigger was a stallion until....?

Question

the day that he died. How many colts did he produce?

Hint: There were two palomino geldings that were used in his place on the show, one was Little Trigger and the other was Trigger Jr. What breed was Trigger Jr?

Answer 1

Trigger (1932–3 July 1965) was a 15.3 hands (63 in; 1.60 m) golden palomino, made famous in American Western films with his owner/rider, cowboy star Roy Rogers. He was originally named Golden Cloud. Many people mistakenly think Trigger was a Tennessee Walking Horse, but his sire was a Thoroughbred and his dam a grade (unregistered) mare who, like Trigger, was a palomino. Movie director William Witney, who directed Roy and Trigger in many of their movies, claimed a slightly different lineage, that his sire was a "registered" Palomino stallion (though neither Palomino registry existed at the time of Trigger's birth), and his dam was by a Thoroughbred and out of a "cold-blood" mare.[1] Trigger, Jr, who was actually no relation to Trigger, was in fact, a registered Tennessee Walking Horse. Though Trigger remained a stallion his entire life, he was never bred and has no descendants.

Answer 2

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi...

Actually, here is the most accurate info on Trigger. I met and talked with his daughter about two-years-ago. I must have ask her a million questions, and she basically told me the same thing that is in this article.

Answer 3

Okay, you have all the specs on him, what you don't know is that "Trigger", previously known as "Golden Cloud" was owned by the Fats Jones Stable, prior to his purchase by Roy.

Tigger made his movie debut as Maid Marion's mount, in "The Adventures Of Robin Hood" with Olivia DeHaven on board him.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029843/full...

I had friends who lived close to Roy in Apple Valley and he used to let them ride around on old Trigger as an OLD stallion.  

Answer 4

Don't you love when people copy and paste wikipedia information as an answer?  Yeah, me too.

It's surprising to me that he did not produce any colts.  I would have thought he would have been in high demand, despite his breeding.  That horse did some great things.

Trigger Jr was a TWH, and apparently he was stuffed and mounted after his death and can be viewed in a museum.  Creepy...

Answer 5

Trigger, Jr, who was actually no relation to Trigger, was in fact, a registered Tennessee Walking Horse. Though Trigger remained a stallion his entire life, he was never bred and has no descendants.

From:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_(ho...

That makes Trigger a great nephew of Man O'War through Fair Play... Who knew?