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.

Join Us - Trail Ride Two-Step

July 25, 2026

A night of dinner, drinks, and dancing hosted by the Trail Ride Committee and sanctioned trail rides, benefitting the San Antonio Stock Show Jr. Livestock Auction and Scholarship Fund.

Tickets for the event are $100.00 per person, or $800 a table (8). Tickets include: dinner and all the beer you can drink from our open beer bar, setups will also be available as this event is also BYOB, a dance with live musical performances from Jake Hooker and the Outsiders, door prizes and a Live and Silent Auction.

Date: July 25, 2026
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: Floresville Event Center - Grand Ballroom
600 TX-97, Floresville, Texas 78114

2026 Trail Rides

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.

2026 Trail Bosses

Texas Trail Ride Est. 1954 - Trail Boss David Leist, 361-550-0608
South Texas Trail Ride Est. 1959 - Trail Boss Travis Culpepper, 361-343-6932
Old Chisholm Trail Drivers Ride Est. 1961 - Trail Boss Judy McDougal, 210-249-1338
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 Oscar Olivarez, 210-732-6241
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 Justyn Gray, 325-370-2780
La Grande International Trail Ride Est. 2020 - Trail Boss Luis Martinez, 210-878-9436