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“So I know I screwed up with a young horse. He’s already really nervous in the box, and he’s really hard to score. He’s only 5, and I think I started him on fast cattle too soon. What’s the process you would use to gear him back down and get his mind right?” — Richard Piper, Scottsbluff, Nebraska
This story is from the September 2019 edition of The Team Roping Journal.
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