This is the only horseshoe designed and formed to fit and support the hoof bone. The shoe is shaped like the hoof bone with a wide webbed sole. Other innovations include the beveling, which will facilitate break over during movement. The tungsten pins are necessary to stabilize the foot on a hard surface, to avoid slipping at the point of break over. The pins go into pre-made holes that are placed in direct relationship with the point of break over in the foot, which is at the tip of the hoof bone. The internal aspect of the shoe is slightly concave. This feature prevents direct contact between the internal surface of the shoe and the sole of the hoof. The space between the shoe and the sole is filled with fine grained sand or soil and provides and helps increasing shock absorption, while at the same time stimulating the sole horn to produce a thicker sole.
Extensive studies have revealed that the conventional rim shoe forces the horse to adopt an unnatural posture, which in turn will lead to improper load on tendons, and muscle as well as inadequate function of the passive stay apparatus by a failure of the check ligament to engage properly.
