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Katie Prudent: One of the greatest things about those times was that everything he [George Morris] taught us in the equitation had form with meaningful function. Your straight back was for strength, and your heels were your anchor. Everything he taught us made so much sense and that knowledge translated from equitation to the jumpers.
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George H. Morris (Unrelenting: The Real Story: Horses, Bright Lights and My Pursuit of Excellence)
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at just six years old, Emperor Hadrian himself ordered Marcus to be trained under the guise of the equites, or equestrian class.
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Hourly History (Marcus Aurelius: A Life From Beginning to End (Roman Emperors))