Weekend Read: The Adventures of a Pony Named Legend

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Nov 19, 202242:07Sports & Recreation

He was born to a herd of wild horses on an island off Virginia and found his way into the heart of a little girl on the dusty trails of the Southwest. Legend was a descendant of fabled swimming ponies: every year, cowboy...

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