Racers on the southwest trail begin their journey to Houston before the RodeoHouston parade.

HOUSTON — The 100-mile journey began from Western Columbia in Brazoria County on Sunday morning as the Southwest Trail ride began its journey to Houston.

It is one of the largest of the 10 routes and will pass through Macbeth, Juliff and Fresno before stopping at Memorial Park on Friday. Of course, these riders will then be part of the downtown rodeo parade on Saturday morning.

Rosetta Grey, who has been a trail boss for over 10 years, made her first trail ride 42 years ago.

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“The first one I rode, I rode a van,” she said. “After that, I said, “No.” I said, “Mom, I hate this van. I need to ride.”

The next year she was on horseback and every year since then.

If you’d like to be able to greet some of the riders as they approach the city, we have an article on khou.com detailing the itineraries of all ten rides.

And just a reminder that RodeoHouston 2023 is just over a week away.

If you’re looking to get ready for the rodeo, check out our last year’s KHOU 11+ review. It covers all events leading up to the start of the rodeo, collegiate competitions, food and attractions. We have all.

You can watch it on khou.com, our KHOU 11 YouTube channel, or our KHOU 11+ app on Roku and FireTV.

If you want to see trail riders head to Houston, you have a lot of chances this week. Here are the routes on which different attractions will ride.

And for everything RodeoHouston related, check out our full review page here.