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

Horse hoofs not designed for roads. Horse turn hoof on high traction road = hoof can split/separate or crack & get infected.

Source: I watched way too much of this channel https://www.youtube.com/@TheHoofGP