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Horses are very sensitive and perceptive. You don't have to be physical with them.

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Buck Brannaman
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 29
Horse Trainer
Non-Fiction Writer
Sheboygan
Wisconsin
Perceptive
Horses
Sensitive
Horse
Physical

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