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

Wild horses, on average, run or walk between 50 – 65 km daily (30 – 40 miles).

In short wild horses run and walk a lot daily so their hoofs wears naturaly.