> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.myvirtualeventingcoach.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Guest Blog entry # 14: "Back to Basics" by the great Bad Eventer! - URL: https://www.myvirtualeventingcoach.com/guest-blog-14-back-to-basics-by-bad-eventer/ - Published: 2012-12-07T05:29:00.000Z - Updated: 2012-12-07T05:29:45.000Z - Author: Administrator - Tags: Blog, #Import 2026-01-20 00:55 **Back to Basics** ![guest_blog_14_back_to_basics_by_bad_eventer](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XF5ILtu57ms/UL_4WcNe3DI/AAAAAAAAFB4/ptFZuuCPU9w/s1600/Basic+training.jpg) The season was ending. I had just done my first Prelim with the most difficult horse I've ever started under saddle. ![guest_blog_14_back_to_basics_by_bad_eventer](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3eJUCAzr0QE/UL_4pbU0F5I/AAAAAAAAFCA/uPdPTjoFSwE/s1600/Difficult+horse.jpg) And for the record, I've been starting horses for........cough.......cough........ a long time...... Babies are something I'm good at................. [![guest_blog_14_back_to_basics_by_bad_eventer](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sJTd7wTEGfI/UL_5rknPxLI/AAAAAAAAFCI/khtqZ8yxcqg/s320/Bluebell+tarp+sepia.jpg)](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sJTd7wTEGfI/UL%5F5rknPxLI/AAAAAAAAFCI/khtqZ8yxcqg/s1600/Bluebell+tarp+sepia.jpg?ref=myvirtualeventingcoach.com) My 2 year old, isn't she precious?? eventing............not so much........ Nearly every time I ride this horse, I wonder why I keep riding him. ![guest_blog_14_back_to_basics_by_bad_eventer](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cHdIqED4r6E/UL_6hXt9xrI/AAAAAAAAFCY/85fW9b-eF3o/s1600/Horse+sitting+down.jpg) It's a bit odd really because he's sweet...... ![guest_blog_14_back_to_basics_by_bad_eventer](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QH_V-u08HkY/UL_6vMsFIdI/AAAAAAAAFCg/Mu7pR1lDiAA/s1600/Lying+on+horse.jpg) quiet........ pretty bombproof....... My husband can ride him in a halter....... [![guest_blog_14_back_to_basics_by_bad_eventer](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YnTPJVQ4OrM/UMAAS2Ls-hI/AAAAAAAAFC8/GPtylNPeVb0/s320/Jester+Pete.jpg)](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YnTPJVQ4OrM/UMAAS2Ls-hI/AAAAAAAAFC8/GPtylNPeVb0/s1600/Jester+Pete.jpg?ref=myvirtualeventingcoach.com) I can ride him without a halter. [![guest_blog_14_back_to_basics_by_bad_eventer](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cJGe4ezTW54/UMABH_T6vkI/AAAAAAAAFDE/eaYxLHrmoW4/s320/Jester+bridleless.jpg)](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cJGe4ezTW54/UMABH%5FT6vkI/AAAAAAAAFDE/eaYxLHrmoW4/s1600/Jester+bridleless.jpg?ref=myvirtualeventingcoach.com) He's fearless on cross country. [![guest_blog_14_back_to_basics_by_bad_eventer](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wv9HgGWYf-4/UMABaHrR7yI/AAAAAAAAFDM/-IKLsBlvSzM/s320/Jester+HH+XC+7.jpg)](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wv9HgGWYf-4/UMABaHrR7yI/AAAAAAAAFDM/-IKLsBlvSzM/s1600/Jester+HH+XC+7.jpg?ref=myvirtualeventingcoach.com) And he can jump the BIG stuff. [![guest_blog_14_back_to_basics_by_bad_eventer](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nYU4Y7WpoCA/UMABhBccEHI/AAAAAAAAFDU/vrGPnP64RKA/s320/Jester+HH+stad+cut+off.jpg)](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nYU4Y7WpoCA/UMABhBccEHI/AAAAAAAAFDU/vrGPnP64RKA/s1600/Jester+HH+stad+cut+off.jpg?ref=myvirtualeventingcoach.com) BUT he doesn't turn well..... ![guest_blog_14_back_to_basics_by_bad_eventer](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eISQnRqoS5U/UMAB_wfZlCI/AAAAAAAAFDc/0qIQ7c7y0s4/s1600/jet+ski.jpg) he has no idea what STRAIGHT is..... ![guest_blog_14_back_to_basics_by_bad_eventer](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ku1aWifbaaI/UMACRfzBcUI/AAAAAAAAFDk/t2ztApJ-jho/s1600/curved+sign.jpg) he can't do a 20 meter circle at one speed......... ![guest_blog_14_back_to_basics_by_bad_eventer](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aGaKUrPD1TY/UMACcwexvkI/AAAAAAAAFDs/3fYI2ngrp_k/s1600/metronome.jpg) From the start I've found riding him VERY VERY frustrating........ ![guest_blog_14_back_to_basics_by_bad_eventer](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HI7v4XPXSbA/UMACtV3dEqI/AAAAAAAAFD0/zNr7lC282S8/s1600/frustration+face.jpg) but professional after professional has told me........... He's the GOOD ONE! [![guest_blog_14_back_to_basics_by_bad_eventer](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kAVPbN0SogI/UMACy8QOMFI/AAAAAAAAFD8/pEuLYz09-VI/s320/Jester+dressage+head.jpg)](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kAVPbN0SogI/UMACy8QOMFI/AAAAAAAAFD8/pEuLYz09-VI/s1600/Jester+dressage+head.jpg?ref=myvirtualeventingcoach.com) Just wait, you're going to like him more than the others! ![guest_blog_14_back_to_basics_by_bad_eventer](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-43Ur3VEFtSI/UMADEBMjpyI/AAAAAAAAFEE/lrz2LSPUaW8/s1600/heart+throb.jpg) This is the fancy one! [![guest_blog_14_back_to_basics_by_bad_eventer](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dNq1-bXN_6g/UMADXL3IH5I/AAAAAAAAFEM/OURF7PuE6xw/s320/Jester+Holly+Hill+Close+Up.jpg)](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dNq1-bXN%5F6g/UMADXL3IH5I/AAAAAAAAFEM/OURF7PuE6xw/s1600/Jester+Holly+Hill+Close+Up.jpg?ref=myvirtualeventingcoach.com) Mid season I had to find a new coach..... The timing was pretty damn awful, but we muddled through and managed to find someone that was willing to put up with Bad Eventer. [![guest_blog_14_back_to_basics_by_bad_eventer](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w3hJnafMl7g/UMADvwXus4I/AAAAAAAAFEU/EA92WkM3Sqk/s320/Jester+MC+Bad+1+s.jpg)](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w3hJnafMl7g/UMADvwXus4I/AAAAAAAAFEU/EA92WkM3Sqk/s1600/Jester+MC+Bad+1+s.jpg?ref=myvirtualeventingcoach.com) I had just finished my first Prelim on this horse..... that only large amounts of Tequila and arm twisting convinced me to ride in the first place...... ![guest_blog_14_back_to_basics_by_bad_eventer](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ux0uZGxSSsM/UMAEJyxTNtI/AAAAAAAAFEc/vTvSmffdehk/s1600/tequila.jpg) He was second after dressage, clean around XC (we had a few time faults) and jumped fearlessly in stadium with only a few green rails. [![guest_blog_14_back_to_basics_by_bad_eventer](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--tfukk1mn9I/UMAEsX1agVI/AAAAAAAAFEs/Ab25TJOzWqM/s320/Jester+HH+Stadium+2.jpg)](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--tfukk1mn9I/UMAEsX1agVI/AAAAAAAAFEs/Ab25TJOzWqM/s1600/Jester+HH+Stadium+2.jpg?ref=myvirtualeventingcoach.com) I was fairly sure I was going to DIE in the stadium ring, and considered just going home instead. But the new coach convinced me it really wasn't a big deal, and I went in the ring. We survived............. ![guest_blog_14_back_to_basics_by_bad_eventer](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i0bBLCitbWc/UMAEYPW1wFI/AAAAAAAAFEk/TojuDxqUY6E/s1600/success.jpg) and when it was all over she said, "He's going to be fantastic......... when he's broke!!" ![guest_blog_14_back_to_basics_by_bad_eventer](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5tMoJ2XGMmY/UMAE8XKA14I/AAAAAAAAFE0/s4XCXj2AMJ4/s1600/smiley+face.jpg) Sigh..... Only Bad Eventer would jump an unbroke horse around at Prelim. \------------------------------------------ Blog by Bad Eventer @ http://badeventer.blogspot.com