Horses

Horses get their names from the people who feed them, the people who lose patience with them, and occasionally the people who race them. The middle name is the one yelled across a paddock, into wind, at the end of a long day.

A good horse middle has weight. Spirit Maverick doesn't move. Spirit Mae does. The first name is the registry. The middle is what gets the horse's attention when the registry isn't working.

Below, thirty horses with their middles. Western, mythic, weather. Pick the one your horse already half-believes is theirs.