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# Tip/Quote of the Day # 4625
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- Published: 2026-08-31T06:04:59.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-31T06:04:59.000Z
- Author: Lesley Stevenson
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"Flexibility and self-carriage are the source of the horse's agility. Good turns, which develop its agility, are obtained only by making the horse flexible, putting it into balance, and thus giving it self-carriage. This involves not merely the lateral flexion of the entire spinal column but more so the flexibility of the hind legs. Only the latter enables the horse to perform quick and reliable turns under the rider, since the forehand is able to turn and change direction easily without danger for the health of its limbs only from the always secure support of the hindquarters." \~ Gustav Steinbrecht