Show manicuring a horse A horses hoof Is really the sama thing as the toe or finger nails ol 01 hu mun beings or of animals having toes the hoot grows just as a toe nail does and more rapidly on unshod horses than on those wearing shoes its growth Is much taster on horses that are well groomed and well fed upon an average of a third an inch i month the hind hoofs grow faster than the tore hoots the toe 0 the hoot being the longest part it takes longer for it to grown down there than at the heel the new hoof grows out any cracks or defects in the whole gran dually working down to where it can be cut oft just as with human fanger nails |