Why do horses need horseshoes?

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Horses in the wild seem to be perfectly fine without them, why do we need to put hunks of metal on their hooves?

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Horses on the plains run on mostly soft soil with patches of rough hard ground and do not have weight on their backs. When we use them as mounts or to pull things they are often walking are harder surfaces than they naturally would and carrying far more weight than they naturally would.

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