If your spring plans include a return to a more intensive riding routine, make sure your horse’s hooves are ready.

As the hoof grows, it's almost like a giant ... no nerve endings on the bits that I touch. The horse feels the sensation. So imagine having a shoe on and somebody taps the bottom of your shoe.

The creators say the shoes allow for greater hoof movement than steel shoes, which are supposed to be better for the horse. Produced by Leon Siciliano More from Tech A triangle pointing right ...

1 of 10 Hoof capsule A technical term for the hoof. The hoof capsule shown here (with shoe attached) belongs to a horse named Tonto.

filing down a horse’s hoof to the sole so it comes in direct contact with the shoes and injecting or rubbing irritating chemicals into a horse’s foreleg. Meanwhile, as Trump was settling into ...

Horseshoes are key to protecting a horse's hooves during their day-to-day work for farmers and riders alike. But horse racing is a unique line of work, and that requires a unique kind of shoe.