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Controlling your emotions is the biggest challenge for a horseman.

Buck Brannaman

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Buck Brannaman
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 29
Horse Trainer
Non-Fiction Writer
Sheboygan
Wisconsin
Emotions
Biggest
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Horseman
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