(6)...a. ...for the trained horse only two types of turns exist, ...no matter what one may call them... One: ...the hindquarters properly follow the forehand, be it on one or on two hoof tracks... Two: ...detained hindquarters provide the axis for front legs, which turn until the desired change of direction is gained...
...again this I find sloppy. Do hindquaters simply follow the forehand...? Do not, under the rider, hindquarters no-matter-what provide a degree of support for the forehand and in the process propel it on...? In other words in the mounted horse the forehand walks before the hindquarters...?
...and, why rule out turns around the center, particularly when fast changes of direction are called for...? Why disregard the turn around the forehand as an important first lesson for the horse to learn? It supples the hindquarters, directs the inner hind leg toward the center up weight, thus bringing up the back, and creates an awareness for elevations of the forehand ...? Leave alone the turn-around-the-shoulders' didactic values, such as resting in place and proceeding one step at a time as demanded...
(6)...b. ...suppleness and self carriage are the source of agility... Proper turns, which alone have a chance to promote agility, can only be obtained by improving the horse's elasticity, by establishing its balance and by thus permitting for its self carriage...
...yes, of course, obviously...! ...But how in the world does the rider improve the horse's elasticity if not with all the different turns, on the spot and in slow lateral movements along straight and curved lines...? Why does he discount the suppling value of lessons that for century have proven their value in classical schools...?
And, it gets worse yet, ...or shall we say better...? Because, in the following statement, Steinbrecht himself points to a misinterpretation of the horse's set up for movement, which in our days, more than a century later, has led to a number of deviations from classical thinking in equitation... And, from his remarks arises the image of today's faster, longer, more powerful rectangularly shaped horse. The first genetically as yet unconsolidated products of this breed are what gave rise to his school and the teaching of his contemporaries elsewhere...