Taking the fact of the horse's warp and considering the result of uneven hind legs, it is easy to recognize a vicious circle looming in modern equitation. The horse overcomes the warp in the flexible middle section when it raises itself up. It can raise only if both hind legs support its mass to the exact same degree. This in turn depends on the even sided position of the pelvis and a sound and similar range of movement in both haunches. How begin to solve this problem?
Taking the fact that stretching the haunches in forward locomotion is the safest way to prepare their elasticity one can see why the horse's natural rhythm and forward urge are treasured in all schools of equitation. On the other hand forward locomotion alone is no guarantee for the hind legs' even sidedness. And yet, it is required for the continuous closing of the croup, which permits the horse to raise itself and be straight.
There are two aspects in making the horse straight: structural straightness and the energetic middle line. The horse without rider has no difficulty to manage its movements. It is warped in the flexible middle section, its frame is slightly ascrew. And yet it is in touch with its energetic middle line and manages high demands in raised position. The long ligament and high performance muscle systems co-laborate. Why not ride the horse as it is, the layman may ask. Because I can't direct it, the rider answers.
Structural straightness, on which the rider depends, is best introduced in regular time under the saddle, beginning with the hind legs (German) and/or the jaw (French), in infintissimally small degrees of changes in the horse's body. The horse must never be in danger of getting out of touch with its energetic middle line.
