Glynn Praesel: Don’t Ever Quit Climbing Trees

Glynn Praesel in a black cowboy hat and brown leather jacket standing in front of wooded Texas Hill Country

Glynn Praesel won his first buckle in Kendall County on the seventh bucking horse he ever climbed on. Forty-three years later, he’ll tell you he has failed more than he has succeeded, and that he is still more afraid of not living than of dying. Glynn Praesel was 19 and on the seventh bucking horse … Read more

Ride for the Brand: Cody Davenport’s Mission of Legacy and Loyalty

Cody Davenport leans casually on a fence, smiling with a cowboy hat in hand and dressed in denim.

Cody Davenport isn’t the kind of CEO who spends his days behind a desk, distant from the work that drives the heart of his organization. Instead, the leader of the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo is a hands-on, boots-in-the-dirt Texan who can often be found alongside volunteers, loading livestock, or training with his staff … Read more