City Girls Can Own Horses Too!

Lasa Arabians was created when 2 friends decided to join talents to create the best Purebred and Partbred performance Arabians possible.

I am Linda Broderson, the "L" in Lasa. I own around 10 foundation mares at any given time, although they are constantly being leased or sold to approved homes. I was born and raised in the city, but my heart was always in the country with my horses. I always had to be creative when it came to raising and promoting my horses. I had to figure out a way to get breedings to stallions I couldn't afford, and have my mares boarded in a cost effective way. Thanks to Sandy, I had show quality mares I could lease out on "every other foal" deals, or, even better for me, if I could keep my mare in an approved home, long term, and end up with every third foal. I would then try to place my foals into show homes to promote my breeding program. I met some wonderful people in my dealings, and have a special page on this site for them.

Sandy Hester, the "S" in Lasa, owns around 25 mares and 2 Purebred Arabian stallions, a Padron’s Mahogany son and an AAF Kaset son. Sandy is country born and raised (lucky girl), and I always admired the way she trained horses. She has a good eye for quality horses, and shows at the Regional and National level. Sandy's husband, Gord, and her son, Brady also train and show horses with great success. The boys prefer the faster classes like reining and working cow horse. Both have competed and won at Scottsdale and Regional levels. Sandy and her family breed Purebred Arabians as well as the new popular Arabian, Quarter horse cross, and have done very well with their breeding program. Curious how she's been raising the magical cross for 15 years, and just now, others realize the versatility and benefits of getting the best of both breeds.

I (Linda) used to spend my time riding the ditches around town. Sandy got me into the breeding and showing end of the horse world. I've been studying bloodlines and color genetics for years. My dream is to raise the best quality, colored Arabians possible with limited resources and no land. I love any combination of black and white on horses, and wanting to raise the elusive, high quality black Arabian. Some breeders believe that the color black is linked with a poor quality horse. I think this statement is partially true, for most black Arabians were bred only for their color, and the undesirable traits were passed along if the breeding program wasn't sound. I always shuttered when I saw statements like "37 crosses to black", as I knew the horse was a result of color breeders who quite often focus on color alone. I also knew that a black could be produce from non-black parents, and this black was just as likely to produce black as a horse with many crosses to black. I started using non-blacks in my breeding program to raise the quality of my blacks. I always wanted quality and trainability as well as color.