![Dan and Louise DeRusseau 2011 Winners Egyptian Event Breeders Excellance Award](/images/articles/3136/dan-and-louise-derusseau.jpg)
Dan and Louise DeRusseau 2011 Winners Egyptian Event Breeders Excellance Award
“We’ve raised all of our broodmares ourselves from a young age until they were ready to start breeding,” says Louise. “We actually have four excellent foundation mares, and two are daughters and one is a granddaughter of Bint Bint Magidaa, full sister to the legendary U.S. National and Reserve National Champion Ruminaja Ali. We are lifetime breeders to both Thee Desperado and Mishaal HP and those are the main stallions we are using currently.”
Not only are the Magidaa and Bint Magidaa bloodlines well known and respected around the world, they are hugely successful in the show ring, from Aachen to Lexington. To top it off, the breeding is rare. The bloodline has produced just a few females and DeRusseau’s own three. The superstars of the group are Illa Magidaa LDA (Thee Desperado) and her ET sister Il Bint Magidaa, the only two daughters of Bint Bint Magidaa. Both
![Farah Magidaa](/images/articles/3137/farah-magidaa-72.jpg)
Farah Magidaa
LD Arabians now has horses they have bred residing in Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and Egypt, as well as Texas and Michigan. They have a number of wonderfully bred horses for sale, including Karimah Magidaa LDA (Mishaal HP x Illa Magidaa LDA) a yearling filly showing in the Straight Egyptian (Apr –Dec) Futurity Class at the Event this year. This is a full sister to the 2010 Event 2-Year-Old Champion Noor Magidaa LDA. Karimah and Noor’s full blood yearling sister, Farah Magidaa (x Il Bint Magidaa) is also available for sale. Another great LD Arabians broodmare, Minstrils Petunia LDA (The Minstril x MC Alexsis, 2006 and 2007 Egyptian Event Reserve Supreme Champion Mare) has also proven herself a dam of champions. Her two and three-year-old offspring, a filly by Mishaal HP and a colt by Thee Desperado are now available for sale. It’s worth the time to take a look at the LD Arabians’ sales list, or better yet take a flight to Austin. The farm is only fifteen minutes from the airport.
To add icing to this small breeder’s dream cake, Dan and Louise have a farm that is a little slice of heaven, a sweet, efficient 23-acre spread in Cedar Creek, just outside of Austin, Texas. There’s a 10-stall barn, but for the most part the horses stay outside in herd groups on grass all year. The DeRusseau’s mutual career backgrounds in the Whole Foods Market organization have made them environmentally conscious farmers and they pride themselves on providing their horses with chemical-free pastures and natural equine living conditions. “I take great care to make sure that all of the basics are handled,” smiles Louise. “Leading, standing, trailer loading, grooming and eventually saddle training. All of our broodmares have been started under saddle with natural horsemanship methods and most of the work I really prefer to do myself.”
![Gameelah LDA, 2011 Egyptian Event unanimous Junior Champion Filly](/images/articles/3138/gameelah-lda-2011-.jpg)
Gameelah LDA, 2011 Egyptian Event unanimous Junior Champion Filly