Konni Harrison got the call that no one from the track ever wants to get…
“Do you remember Pleasant Italian?”
“Yes of course, the 18 hand goofball that used to walk to the track on his hindlegs when I galloped him.”
“Good, because if you don’t get him him, he’s likely heading to slaughter”
Of course Konni stepped up and rescued “Magnum”, but several years later after she suffered a stroke, he would become her protector and rescuer.
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