If anybody wants to see and excellent slow motion example of a lead change, check out the movie Seabiscuit. At the end of the movie as Seabiscuit is coming down the stretch about to win the SA Handicap, they show a slow motion shot of the horse and you can clearly see him change leads.
I remember trying to explain to my wife what a lead change is, so when I saw it on the movie, I excitedly called my wife into the room to replay the video and show her the "lead change", she just looked at me and laughed, as if to say "you called me in here for that??" You had to be there.
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