These people talking about all horses going barefotot is just, not reality. The ones saying this are not farriers and never trimmed a hoof. I believe that a horses foot will adapt to any enviornment, when it is kept in this enviornment all the time. The best way to keep horses barefoot is to get one horse for each thing you do. This is just a fad right now, and it will die out.
Nothing can replce teh good old fashionaed horseshoe.
All this talk about going bare foot and that shoes are bad for the horse has prompted me to speak up. I went to an 8 week school and apprenticed for 1 year. I have been shoeing on my owne for 1 year and have built a clientel of aprox. 150 horses and still growing. I have many horses that go barefoot and many that the owners want shoes.