Practice Session: 3-Year-Old Running-Bred Head Horse
From Green to Great: A&C Roping and Racing's Playbook
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Not every practice session goes as planned. When Rhen Richard starts his session with this CC Brookstone Big Boy mare, he has one set of plans. But by the end, he has to switch to controlling the horse’s energy and working on flattening her out running to the cow.
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