Black and White Hooves - I think that this must be an old wives tale that someone has picked up and passed on: Horses with white hooves need shoes and horses with black hooves do not. What a load of nonsense! I previously owned a Connemara pony who had 4 white hooves and he was never shod for the 10 yrs I rode him. He was ridden on soft and hard ground. He was ridden on roads weekly and he managed comfortably alongside his shod equine friends.
Each horse should be looked at as individuals and deciding whether to put shoes on your horse is a decision not to be made on an old wives tale such as this!
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