In Magnolia, a small town northwest of Houston, an annual celebration honors Our Lady of Guadalupe with an extravagant horse parade, equine performance and a pageant. 

For the third year in a row, parishioners at St. Matthias the Apostle Catholic Church gathered for their annual calbagata with charros, a cavalcade of horses with riders, that culminated with a horse parade festival that featured more than 100 traditional Mexican dancing horses process and a horse parade queen pageant.

Beginning with morning Mass, the festival began with a 7-mile procession on horseback that led with a banner of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

The Horse Parade Queen candidates, who raise funds that benefit the parish, rode in a float and greeted all those they passed. Eventually reaching St. Matthias on FM 1774, the riders were met by Father Christopher Nguyen, who blessed the riders and horses. Matachines dancers performed to honor Our Lady, then a series of performances by the riders and their horses showcased a tradition of Mexican horse dancing.

Soon, as the final tallies were counted, parishioner Brenda Guerrero was named the Horse Parade Queen, with Rosario Salazar and Mellisa Garcia named Horse Parade Princesses.