Nearly 40 people gathered Monday at Misty Meadows Farm in West Tisbury to celebrate the birthday of a horse that survived incredible odds to make it through his first year.

Greeted with homemade horse cupcakes while in a stall decorated with birthday banners and posters, the yearling seemed to take his amazing recovery in stride.

Take a drive up-Island and you’re guaranteed to spot a horse or two grazing in a field. Draft horses, show horses, miniature horses — equines of all sorts flourish here.