Participation In Barrel Racing

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Fallon’s article “It Takes Courage” is a personal outlook on the sport called barrel racing. Courage is a big part of overcoming your fears and tragedies that has happened to you. Participating in barrel racing comes with a lot of tragedies such as getting bucked off, falling of, or even being in some kind of wreck while riding your horse. Dealing with those tragedies and still be able to dust yourself of and get back on takes courage. Fallon Taylor talks about a when she got a bucked off and almost ended her career and how she gained her courage back to start back barrel racing. The main idea in Fallon’s article is to overcome tragedies that you experience. One way to overcome a tragedy is to re-establish your comfort zone. Going back to

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