Nafzager uses fronts often, so I'm not sure if that is significant for SS but his repeated bearing in on Sat may be. Could also be that he doesn't run his best/smoothest on poly.Horses are usually on their left leads early and change to their right when asked to do so in the stretch or in multiple turn races.An unsound horse may not change leads or change several times if he is uncomfortable. Some just have a habit of finishing a race on their left(wrong) lead.I thought Alydar would have beaten Affirmed a couple of times had he switched leads late,but maybe not.Some horses are flawless athletes that change leads without you noticing it while others have a very pronounced/visible stride change that you can see.

I was unaware that struggling for air had anything to do with lead changes and never heard that before.


Mike