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Riding Chainsaw The Eight Time Bull Of The Year
Ep. 143
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We welcome back Owen Dunn, a retired bull rider who is brothers with one of the best bull riders of all time Troy Dunn. Owen tells us about the most he ever won from a bull ride, he tells us about some of the very famous bulls he rode while in America and some of the yarns around his time living over there! This man has lived an insane life riding some of the most famous bulls in history like Chainsaw!
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