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Tuesday, March 26, 2019 westernstarnews.com.au
Wallace Bucking Bulls in action. try and bring the better bulls. “If you can show up with three bulls in your team and win that bonus on the night it’s a pretty big help.” With the amount of time and effort that goes into the bulls they really are an important part of the Wallace family. “They’re all valued pretty highly to us,” Mr Wallace said. “We think the world of all of them really.” The bulls are handled from
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a young age so for the most part they are gentle giants. “There’s a couple there they’ll stand perfect while the vet or chiropractor is working on them and then when the ropes go around them they’re ready to do their job; they get excited and they’re ready to go,’’ Mr Wallace said. “You can hand-feed most of them actually, they’re just big pets really.” The Wallaces’ four-year-old daughter Mac
is already in love with the bulls. “I don’t know whether she’ll take it over eventually or what she’ll do, it’ll be her choice, but it’ll be there for her if she wants it. “She loves to feed them and mix the grain up now so we’ll see what happens in years to come. “Hopefully it’ll continue down the track and Wallace Bucking Bulls will be on the map for a long time.”
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