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The largest crowd in recent years showed up downtown on Saturday morning as the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo officially kicked off the Western Heritage Parade & Cattle Drive downtown on Houston Street.
The parade featured a cattle drive, mounted infantry groups, authentic wagons, and heritage organizations.
It was all new to Richard Gutierrez, Jr.
“Well, actually, this is the first time I've ever done this. I'm born and raised here in San Antonio, but this is the first time I've done this, so it's kind of exciting to see the cattle coming down the road here in the city," he told TPR.
Jen Wydler says the parade helps her to get into the rodeo mood.
“My first time going to the parade. I've been to a rodeo before, and so this is just to really start it off”
In addition to the parade and cattle drive, the Stampede 5K run was held on Saturday morning and The Vaquero Cook-Off is happening through Sunday at Market Square.
