Visuelle
Date of Birth: 3-23-87; Breed: Arabian; Color: Black, less frequent than the greys; Sex: Mare;
Sire: Al Banat; Dam: Moonlight Shadow.
As her coat grows out, the very slight shading of red/brown that you may notice in Visuelle’s coat is from sun
exposure. Horses that develop this shading are affectionately called “sunburned blacks”. The only way to keep a black
horse truly black is to toilet train it and keep it in the barn!
Before coming to Mountain Quest, Visuelle was a successful, highly prized show horse. She was purchased from the
Arabian Legends Stables in Staunton, Virginia, for Alex and has proven to be a perfect companion and personal favorite
ever since. Visuelle has gifted Mountain Quest with three beautiful youngsters: Mountain Quest (Mounty), Harmony
Quest and Mystical Quest (see below). Over the years, Visuelle has developed arthritis in her hind legs and, due to
this, we often allow her to move about the stable unrestricted.
Visuelle has a fascinating heritage, and we love to share this piece of history with our guests. She is the great-great-granddaughter of Witez II, a famous Arabian who was rescued along with the
Royal Lipizzan Stallions nearing the
end of WWII. Horse-loves from eight different nations participated in the rescue, and we thank each and every one of
them!
MQI Mountain Quest aka “Mounty”
Date of Birth: 07-05-03; Breed: Arabian; Color: Bay; Sex: Gelding; Sire: Gai Madrigal of Arabian Legends Farm;
Dam: Visuelle.
Mounty, our first-born Arabian foal, was named after Mountain Quest . With his naming a tradition was born of
putting "MQI" in front of the foal's name and "Quest" as a surname. Mounty is a very smart and spirited boy who
often finds himself in trouble due to his overpowering curiosity. He has learned his lessons well from Cracker, and can
open the stalls and let the other horses out all on his own. He is definitely the jokster of the herd and will take
advantage at every opportunity to remove a guests’ hat and proudly wave it!
He enjoys the status of “herd leader” with the Arabians and watches over his mares with a great deal of
confidence.
MQI Harmony Quest
Date of Birth: 06-21-04; Breed: Purebred Arabian; Color: Dapple Grey (born solid black w/ Grey Factor). Sire: Gai
Madrigal of Arabian Legends Farm; Dam: Visuelle
Harmony is Mounty's younger sister, and she has a personality all her own! Small and compact, yet feisty and self-assured, she rapidly secured her place in the hierarchy right below her older
brother. We might have even called her a
bit haughty. Unfortunately, her free spirit was curtailed following a serious fall on the ice in the winter of 2013.
She is currently in a long-term rehabilitation program in which Andy, Alex and David all participate. As a result
of close daily interactions and many special treats, Harmony's personality has sweetened. We play meta-music
(Remembrance by J.S. Epperson) 24 hours a day. She loves it.
MQI Mystical Quest
Date of Birth: 06-06-05; Breed: Arabian; Color: Bay; Sire: Gai Madrigal of Arabian Legend Farms; Dam: Visuelle.
Mystical is the third child of Visuelle and Mounty's youngest sister. She is beautiful, sweet and meek from the
inside-out, but not to be confused with "weak" ... her spirit and curiosity equals her brother's. Mystical is the near
full-time companion of her mother, although she does wonder off when something catches her curiosity.
Dearly loved, this mare will be the first one who is bred when the time is right.
Maid of Orleans
Date of Birth: 06-04-85; Breed: Purebred Arabian; Color: White (considered Grey for registering purposes); Sex:
Mare; Sire: Lea Baron; Dam: El Qiana.
Before coming to Mountain Quest, Maid was a blue ribbon winner in the show horse circuit. She is a very gentle
girl that has been an extremely good mother to all her foals (Passion Quest foaled 04-11-06 (mare) and Freedom
Quest foaled 06-27-08 (gelding).
A perfect example of an elegant Arabian, Maid's pure white coat (peppered with a few small drops of brown as she
ages) is what we are most accustomed to seeing here in the United States and the most popular coat color for the
Arabian. Arabians differ from other breeds in that they are always born with black skin. The grey Arabian can start
with any basic coat color, but is most often a dark brown.
As an older mare, Main receives special feed and lives a life of ease, most often seen with her daughter (Passion)
close at hand.
MQI Passion Quest
Date of Birth: 04-11-06; Breed: Arabian; Color: Grey; Sex: Mare; Sire: Gai Madrigal of Arabian Legends Farm; Dam:
Maid of Orleans.
Passion, the youngest horse on the farm, is a very gentle soul. She still keeps close to her mother and yet is very
playful. Her frame is small, showing the delicate and graceful lines of the Arabian Breed. She does have a deficit of
vitamin E, and receives a daily vitamin supplement.
Passion is rapidly coming into her own. We hope to have the opportunity to bring her under saddle.
MQI Freedom Quest
Date of Birth: 06-27-08; Breed: Arabian; Color: Grey; Sex: Gelding; Sire: Gai Madrigal of Arabian Legends Farm;
Dam: Maid of Orleans.
Freedom was born here at Mountain Quest. As is tradition with all the foals born here on the farm, he carries
"MQI" in front of his name and “Quest” as his family name.
The day after Freedom was born, still standing on very wobbly legs, we had a little girl (no more than two years old,
still a baby herself) visiting the farm. We took her out to see “our” new baby right after breakfast. Unbeknownst to us,
she had been served pancakes for breakfast and was still a bit sticky from the warm maple syrup. Well, she must have
smelled like Heaven to a horse because Freedom was simply in LOVE and began sucking her fingers and licking her
cheeks! The laughter of that moment was precious and unforgettable. We knew then that we had struck gold with this
wonderfully sweet colt that apparently had a sweet tooth of his own. As he grew through his first two years of life,
Freedom was the sweetheart of the herd. His favorite trick was to play among the tail hair of the older mares, and
even the geldings let him pull out their tail hairs!
While it was difficult to let him leave the farm, Freedom Quest was ready for more. He is now the property of
Amanda Compton of Middletown, an Equine Dentist who owned his two older brothers. When the transition to his new
home occurred, the two older geldings smelled their mother on Freedom, and couldn't nuzzle him enough! So he's still
the darling, quite loved and quite—dare we say it—spoiled? Down the road his new owner hopes to take him to the
Olympics in pleasure driving. Keep your eyes and ears open!
