why do horses need shoes? Is this a consequence of domestication? What about wild horses?

Question

I’ve never known any other animal apart from horses to need to be fitted with shoes. Why is this? And is this phenomenon strictly exclusive to domesticated horses? What about wild horses, then? If wild horses cope without them, why can’t domesticated horses?

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Answer 1

Because they walk on hard surfaces like roads.

If they walked on grass/sand (like some horses in stud farms do), then they wouldn’t need to (and don’t) wear it.