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In 1872, American railroad entrepreneur Leland Stanford bet a friend that all of a horse's hooves leave the ground when it's running. His friend said that it never happened.
Stanford hired pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge to prove it. Muybridge set up 24 cameras that were set-off by the horse's movement over a series of trip wires.
Stanford won his bet.
In the gait known as the gallop, all four feet leave the ground - but not when the legs are outstretched, as you might expect.
This is in contradiction with many of the old paintings of horses that show the front and back legs outstretched and the horse airborne.
In reality, the horse is only airborne when its hind legs swing near the front legs!
Here our racehorses prove the point!
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