Why do horse hoofs need so much care, and why do they need horseshoes?

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Wild horses seem to get by just fine without people caring for them. How does all this care make their hoofs different/better than if they stayed natural?

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Horse feet are designed to carry more or less the weight of one(1) horse and no more. We expect the same horse feet to carry a horse worth of weight followed by 200+ pounds of other stuff and it’s not great.

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