Wind beneath my wings

Whether your Paint Horse is a guardian angel or is Batman in disguise, many of you have sent in photos of your four-legged friends sporting some not-so-feathery accessories. Here's one to get ya started:

"I'm the owner of Explosive Man, but I call him 'Dakota.' We were on a trail ride when another rider suggested naming him Batman! Look at his hindquarters to see his wings! It's like having a guardian angel on every trail ride with me!" Nancy Nixon of Somonauk, Illinois, writes about her 2002 brown tobiano gelding.

Now I know my ABCs ...

... next time won't you share with me?

Check out this 2005 sorrel tobiano stallion named Picasso Cody, who resides in West Palm Beach, Florida, with Marsha and Bob Abate. Marsha writes, " 'Picasso' was born with an 'A' on his side. His mother's name is Aproll and he is an angel!"

Further on down the alphabet is the letter 'n.' This is Lakotas Trophy Girl, a 2008 bay tobiano filly owned by John Buettner of Grandview, Washington. His son, Neil, bred the filly's dam and had quite a surprise when the foal arrived! "To my surprise, when the filly hit the ground in October of 2008, she had a big letter 'n' for 'Neil' on her neck," writes Neil.