About the Committee

The Trail Ride Committee works with the Trail Riders Association in its efforts to promote the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo. South and Central Texans give up the comforts of home and take to the open road on horseback and in wagons to celebrate our western heritage. The ride concludes on the first Saturday of the Stock Show & Rodeo in grand fashion as each of the trail ride groups are recognized as they ride into the Frost Bank Center.

Trail Ride Two-Step

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Trail Ride Two-Step! Your support, enthusiasm, and great energy made it an unforgettable evening. We truly appreciate everyone who came out to dance, have fun, and help make the event such a success.

Be sure to check back during the summer of 2027 for more information about next year's Trail Ride Two-Step. We look forward to seeing you again!

Trail Ride

Trail rides and wagon trains, probably the oldest, most authentic form of transportation across the Old West. Pioneers moved west to fulfill dreams. Cowboys drove cattle to major markets. These are the reasons so many kids grow up with dreams of one day becoming a cowboy, or at least taking part in an old fashioned trail ride.

More than 3,000 riders hit the trail on horseback and in wagons in February to ride to the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo. Riders from 11 locations in South and Central Texas covered a total of 1300 miles between them, with an average of 18.9 miles per day. The trail rides all concluded in San Antonio in grand fashion inside the Frost Bank Center Rodeo Arena.

Trail Bosses

Texas Trail Ride Est. 1954 - Trail Boss David Leist, 361-550-0608
South Texas Trail Ride Est. 1959 - Trail Boss Jarred Pollard, 210-718-7930
Old Chisholm Trail Drivers Ride Est. 1961 - Trail Boss Wayne Cleere, 432-634-5590
Alamo Trail Ride Est. 1962 - Trail Boss Randall Hoover, 210-844-5283
Laredo Trail Ride Est. 1962 - Trail Boss Jerry Chessher, Jr., 210-505-6868
Hill Country Trail Ride Est. 1965 - Trail Boss Becki Kosub, 830-385-9989
Cowboy Capital Trail Ride Est. 1969 - Trail Boss Jayne Bones, 210-240-4603
Mesquite Trail Drivers Ride Est. 1965 - Trail Boss Craig Coleman, 210-422-9699
Alamo Kountry Kickers Trail Ride Est. 1975 - Trail Boss David Weidenfeld, 830-620-8372
GRA-Trails Trail Ride Est. 1983 - Trail Boss Keith Beadle, 210-218-2177
Cabalgata Internacional La Grande Trail Ride Est. 2020 - Trail Boss Luis Martinez, 210-878-9436