FILE - In this Wednesday, July 27, 2016, file photo, Chincoteague Ponies hit the water for the 91st annual Chincoteague Pony Swim across Assateague Channel during the annual swim from Assateague Island to Chincoteague Island, Va. The 92 annual Chincoteague pony penning is set for Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Organizers said the wild ponies of Assateague Island will swim across to Chincoteague sometime between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. The event draws thousands of tourists each year and was memorialized in Marguerite Henry's novel "Misty of Chincoteague." (Jay Diem/The Daily Times via AP, File)
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