Lead (Leg)

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.In the context of a quadruped that is cantering, galloping, or leaping, lead refers to which leg, left or right, leads or advances more. The foot on the leading leg touches the ground after and forward of its partner. On the "left lead", the animal's left leg leads. The choice of lead is of special interest in horse riding. In a transverse or lateral or united canter and gallop, the hind leg on the same side as the leading foreleg advances more. In horses this is the norm. In a rotatory or diagonal or disunited canter and gallop, the hind leg on the opposite side advances more. It is also known as rotary and round galloping, and as moving disunited, cross-firing, and cross-cantering. In dogs, deer, and elk, among others, this gait is the norm. Some authorities define the leading leg as the last to leave the ground before the one or two periods of suspension within each stride. Because the canter has only one moment of suspension, the leading leg necessarily is a foreleg. Because in some animals the gallop has two moments of suspension, some authorities recognize a lead in each pair of legs, fore and hind. Hence references to the rotatory gait as disunited.

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