National Western Stock Show kick-off parade hits the streets of Denver

The 2023 National Western Stock Show kick-off parade featured dozens of Longhorn cattle winding through downtown Denver at high noon on Thursday. Dr. Temple Grandin was Grand Marshal of the annual event.

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The kick-off parade started at "high noon" on Thursday with Grandin leading the iconic march of longhorn cattle, horses and western wagons through downtown Denver.

Cowboys push a herd of Texas Longhorn steers down a city street as the annual cattle drive through downtown takes place January 9, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. The parade kicks off the yearly National Western Stock Show. Rick T. Wilking/Getty Images

The parade route took the cattle drive from Union Station to 17th Street to Glenarm Place and celebrates the 117th National Western Stock Show.

Grandin is an author, speaker and professor of animal science at Colorado State University.

The National Western Stock Show will open its doors on Saturday morning. The show runs from Jan. 7-22. Grounds admission and event tickets are on sale at nationalwestern.com.

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