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Originally Posted by Lord Greystoke
I noted the long striding back legs ending up where the front set were and the head leading as I think you have pointed out on several occasions now.
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That's one of they key indicators LG, I always look for the hind legs filling the spaces left by the fore legs without over reaching.
You might find this interesting:
http://youtu.be/scZbaTTAbCM
The horse in question is Mark Johnston's Street Artist by Street Cry.
Although it's an amazing video and the horse shows excellent stride length, immediately I picked up on his lazy far side leg and he is overreaching, so his full power is not being transformed into speed / distance.
Because of his unbalanced stride he stands a high risk of injury.
So I looked him up on Timeform and he's had six starts for no wins, but 3 seconds and a third placing. His latest runs, he's been unplaced and only earned 3,465 pounds.
Such wonderful breeding, looks, stride, yet he has his gait problems.