More stories by Nigel M. Revered horse trainer and real-life cowboy Buck Brannaman is used to a busy, road tripping lifestyle. For three decades in clinics all over the U.S., Brannaman has taught ...

PARK CITY, Utah — Several years ago, I spent time with Gunther Gebel-Williams, the celebrated Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey animal trainer. I watched in awe as this intensely charismatic man ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. “This here is Guapo Gato, or ‘handsome cat’ in Spanish,” said Buck Brannaman, tipping his cowboy ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Buck Brannaman sits in a luxe boutique hotel in downtown Denver wearing a straw, round-brimmed hat and a pale-yellow cowboy shirt. He’s telling a story about ...

Robert Redford thought someone was pulling his leg the first time he met horse trainer Dan “Buck” Brannaman. Interviewing to serve as a consultant for Redford’s 1998 film adaptation of The Horse ...

Brannaman, his foster mother and his friends talk frankly about his traumatic childhood in the film, something he said was made easier because he'd talked about the abuse during his clinics so people ...