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

Domesticated horse don’t run on wild ground. They’re more likely to be housed and run on man made streets for instance which wear different than wild ground. So we give them shoes to let their hooves wear down properly rather than too fast or too slow.