HOUSTON — A 100-mile journey launched from West Columbia down in Brazoria County Sunday morning as the Southwestern Trail ride started its journey to Houston.
It's one of the larger of the 10 trail rides and will wind its way through McBeth, Juliff and Fresno before it pulls up in Memorial Park on Friday. Of course, these riders will then be part of the downtown Rodeo parade Saturday morning.
Rosetta Gray, who's been trail boss for more than a decade, made her first trail ride 42 years ago.
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“The first I rode, I rode on a wagon,” she said. “After that, I said, 'Nah.' i said, ‘Mama, I hate that wagon. I need to ride.’”
The next year she was on a horse and has been every year since.
If you want to be able to greet some of the riders as they get closer to town, we have an article on khou.com detailing the routes of all ten rides.
And just a reminder that we're a little more than a week away from the kickoff of RodeoHouston 2023.
If you want to get ready to Rodeo, check out our KHOU 11+ Rewind of our coverage last year. It covers all the events leading up to the start of the Rodeo, the student competitions, the food, and the rides. We've got it all.
You can watch it on khou.com, our KHOU 11 YouTube channel or on our KHOU 11+ app on Roku and FireTV.
Check out the trail rides!
If you want to see the trail riders heading to Houston, you have plenty of chances this week. Here are the routes the different rides will be taking.
And for everything RodeoHouston, check out our full coverage page here.