The History of Horse Shoes
We have undoubtedly gone through a lot with our horses since we decided to go barefoot and bitless. Our goal was to be able to ride them safely, and to hunt them as any traditional horsemen would. This became a challenge, much larger than we had anticipated.
After months of big bumps we finally began to see the light at the end of the tunnel. So, seeing two of our barefoot horses, (who have been extremely challenging to transition) hack to one of our local hunt meets, I obviously felt an enormous amount of achievement. As at times we begun to think we’d never be able to ride them again, let alone hunt them.
Although I was thrilled, I couldn’t help but look around and see the 50 or so horses, of all different sizes and breeds – bitted and shod. There are times like these that I wonder, has all the work that we have done been worthwhile? It’s amazing how even now, these negative thoughts can surface….
Anyway, off they went….
As I was leaving the meet on foot with my youngest daughter, Sasha, I was asked by a local landowner about our barefoot horses and how they managed on the roads, and didn’t the hooves wear away too quickly. I went on to say that the roads were easy and were no problem. In fact, we still need to trim their hooves every 5 weeks as they are not being worn enough even though the horses are exercised 5 days a week. He then went on to say that horses needed shoes and that it was the invention of shoes that enabled the Romans to be so successful. He then quoted more history to me and I realized it was a one way conversation, so eventually, I bit my tongue.
However, I was frustrated after this conversation and realized one of the problems I was having was that I did not have all the historical answers at my finger tips….! So I came home and did some research. Needless to say it is a vast subject and one could spend many hours researching this accurately….
So, here is a brief summary for you on the history, of iron horse shoes:-
History of Iron Shoes
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