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I have always found the term “cross firing” to be confusing. Many people interchange the term with “cross cantering”, which refers to a horse that is on opposite leads on its fore and hind limb at the canter. When thinking about limb contact (interference) though, cross-firing refers to contact between diagonal limbs (ex: right fore and left hind), which usually occurs at the pace in harness horses. Cross firing usually is a result of underlying training/riding mistakes, lameness or neurologic conditions causing abnormal limb movement, or it can simply be caused by a single misstep in an otherwise healthy horse at speed.
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