I feel a bit daft asking this but anyway - in the footfall in canter, I am looking for the lead leg.
On my lovely new horse I really struggle to see this quickly! - his legs seem to be a whirr and it's more a case that i *feel* the wrong leg rather than *see* it. But of course for jumping a track thats not OK, so, - my question! - when i glance down, the front leg that lands second (immediately after the first) is the leading leg, correct? As in, the non-leading leg lands first and the leading leg (which reaches further) is the second, is that right???
I really struggled to phrase all that, hope it makes sense!
On my lovely new horse I really struggle to see this quickly! - his legs seem to be a whirr and it's more a case that i *feel* the wrong leg rather than *see* it. But of course for jumping a track thats not OK, so, - my question! - when i glance down, the front leg that lands second (immediately after the first) is the leading leg, correct? As in, the non-leading leg lands first and the leading leg (which reaches further) is the second, is that right???
I really struggled to phrase all that, hope it makes sense!