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The road may bend out of sight at times, but I know what lies ahead: the faraway horses.

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Buck Brannaman
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 29
Horse Trainer
Non-Fiction Writer
Sheboygan
Wisconsin
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Bend
May
Horses
Ahead
Road
Horse
Sight
Lies
Lying
Faraway

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