Why do farriers “burn” the horseshoe into the hoof before nailing it in place

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I see it in youtube videos and don’t understand the purpose if they’re going to cut off some of the burnt parts anyway.

[Link to video for example (3:15, 12:25, 24:02)](https://youtu.be/rwdYV5ShYl0?si=oowrMOw-b91hii6n)

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It’s just “trying on the shoe”, like you’d try on shoes at a shoe store. It’s done hot because then they can immediately fix whatever they see isn’t fitting. Shaping the hoof is also done then. You could do these things all at different times, but why? just stand there, bend the shoe, try it on, cut the hoof, try it on, bend and cut things until everything fits all in one go. If it was a person you’d be heating it all the way up to bend then all the way down to cool, but a horse hoof can’t feel it so why wait?

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