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

well, horses hooves are like a nail, it grows out and like our nail can be degraded through work

domesticated horses are usually work horses, they pull, work hard, and would work through their hoof, very possibly damaging their foot/leg

wild horses, like the unemployed, are happier, dont do much more than they have to, and dont work through their hooves faster than a hoof can grow, they dont need shoes, since they do their own pedicures