Lead (leg)
（重定向自Flying change）
![Transverse, right fore and right hind leading](/Images/godic/202501/13/Muybridge_race_horse_animated5511.gif")
![Rotatory, right fore and left hind leading, slow motion](/Images/godic/202501/13/Dog_galloping_slow_motion5511.gif")
![A shallow loop, often used for teaching the counter-canter](/Images/godic/202501/13/Dressurviereck_-_Einfache_Schlangenlinie_quer.svg5512.png")
![To perform a flying change, the rider will switch her aids in the next step (as she is currently asking the horse to canter on the right lead), moving her left leg towards the girth to ask the horse to change his leg while in the suspension phase.](/Images/godic/202501/13/WC07d5512.JPG")
Lead refers to which set of legs, left or right, leads or advances forward to a greater extent when a quadruped animal is cantering, galloping, or leaping. The feet on the leading side touch the ground forward of its partner. On the "left lead", the animal's left legs lead. The choice of lead is of special interest in horse riding.