Patent ID: 6843323

Claim:
A shoe for a horse comprising a body made from a thermoplastic composition which comprises a matrix of a thermoplastic material which has a softening point of less than 100° C., the body having a lower ground-contacting surface for contact, in use, with the ground and an upper foot-contacting surface spaced from the lower ground-contacting surface for contacting, in use, an underside of a foot of a horse, the body having around at least a part of its upper foot-contacting surface an upstanding peripheral flange portion adapted in use to abut against a lower part of a hoof horn wall of the foot of a horse, whereby, upon immersing the shoe in hot water for a period of time sufficient to soften the shoe, the flange portion can thereafter be manually moulded to the outer surface of the hoof horn wall and caused to interlock with previously formed indentations in the hoof horn wall.