Happy Birthday!

I suppose I should be a bit more specific as there are 7 billion people on the planet and likely as many horses and dogs. Specifically, happy birthday to Speedy G. His actual birthday is April 15th, tax day, but since there was that whole weird holiday on the 15th thing, tax day was actually on the 18th which is sort of why I forgot to mention it until today.

Photo by Lori Ovanessian (2012)

Speedy G, registered name G Ima Starr FA, is now 12 years old. It's not a special birthday or a momentous one, but it got me thinking about Izzy's birthday which is next month. Poor Speedy G; he just can't catch a break. Izzy. Izzy. Izzy.

Speedy's been with me since he was a 3 year old. By the time he turned 4, I swore that I would never buy another 3 year old ... or a 4 year old ... or even a 5 year old. In fact, I wrote for sale ads until the dude was 8. It was about that time that he finally started to become a somewhat decent equine citizen.

When I first started this blog in 2011, Speedy was nearly 7 so you only got a glimpse of some of the weird ass crap that he pulled. Over the past five years of adulthood, Speedy has just gotten more and more dependable. He's still a stinker now and then, but over all, the dude's a saint. It just seemed like 8 was the magic number.

My students LOVE my Magic 8 Ball; I do too!

Izzy's birthday is in May. Guess how old he is going to be. Why yes, he is going to be eight years old. For the past few weeks, the people who see Izzy daily, my barn own and Laurel, have commented on how mature he is suddenly looking and acting. All I can say is please let it be so.

Arabs mature slowly. It seemed like it took Speedy forever to become an adult. I've heard that warmbloods also mature slowly. If someone can confirm that 8 is their magic number number as well, I will be very happy. 

The face of a soon to be solid citizen?!

I am counting the days until May 14th ... come on maturity!