Horseshoe

This horseshoe, for the hind hoof, is for a hunting horse and is therefore designed to cope with travelling quickly over soft ground. This shoe is intended to prevent ‘brushing’ – when the horse strikes the inside of one leg with another. One wing ends with a ‘caulk’, or ‘caulkin’, (a protrusion at the toe or heel of a shoe which provides additional traction), while the other wing is tapered. The …