 Parker retired from the program in May 1999 , after 15 years of working with the program , and housing and training Ralphie II , III , and IV . Longtime Colorado supporters Dale and Lynn Johnson housed Ralphie for the following year and coach Ted Davis assumed the program duties for the 2000 season . In the summer of 2001 , two former Ralphie Handlers and Colorado graduates , Benny Frei and Kevin Priola , took over the program including the housing of Ralphie . Priola still houses Ralphie IV . Ralphie IV was transported in the same custom steel , black stock trailer that carried Ralphie III . She also used the same harness and headstall that was used by Ralphie III . 
