I.M. Electric (Irco Mena x Electro) is the oldest of this line in the Crabo barn, a mare foaled in 2008. Bo and Margareta Crabo own “Trixie,” with Bo the breeder. At her inspection, the mare earned a “double diploma,” or diplomas in both jumping and dressage. Barbara competes Trixie in both eventing and jumping and says both present challenges. “The dressage is difficult for her because she is silly. She spooks at the letters. She occasionally will buck at the canter. She’s got it all, but she uses ‘opportune’ times to forget it. Her jumping is amazing. She is clocking around the courses like nobody’s business. She can jump the jumps great and then just be silly.” “At the trot she’s amazing,” Barbara continues. “Her
lateral work is incredible. At the canter sometimes she’s a little bit uncoordinated, which is funny because when there’s a jump pointed in front of her, she’s all on it. I think it’s because she actually changes her focus from herself to the jump.” Barbara admits that she loves mares. “That’s what
we breed—they come out a mare and we ride them. Aside from Ready, my favorite horses have been mares. If you have a good mare, you’ve got such an incredible partner,” she says. “They are definitely more emotional. There are some people that I agree should not have mares. I don’t know if it’s that mares try harder or just because they tend to be more emotional.” A full brother to I.M. Electric, I.M. Shocking is a six-
year-old. “We’re taking it really slow with him,” says Barbara. “He did a few novice events last year.” The 2010 colt from Victoria’s Electra is Quite Electric
(Quite Easy 958 x Electro). About him, Barbara reports, “I’ve ridden him maybe 20 times and he’s just proving to be easy. He’s so relaxed, level headed and a joy to work with. I joke, if he is like Easy with just a little bit more fire, he will be a perfect horse. I think he might be heading in that direction.” She shares advice for breeders with only one mare.
“Only breed her if she is really good. Don’t breed your mare if she’s too crazy to ride. If you’re going to spend the money to breed your mare, make sure she is good quality, has good movement and has a fantastic brain. If she has all the things you want, then breed to a world-class stallion.” She continues, “If you do all that, then there’s a
pretty good chance you’ll get a good horse. But if you breed a world-class stallion to a mare that couldn’t do anything else, then you can easily get a mediocre horse.” For the Crabo family, Irco Mena is an ideal sire. “I love the babies that I have from him,” says Barbara. “They are all so talented and quite trainable in a lot of ways.” She’s found that these athletes—all bays so far—
are good matches for her. “They all have attitudes, but I don’t mind attitudes. Attitudes seem to take them further.”
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