Patent ID: 7806194

Claim:
A mechanical shoe for mounting on a hoof of a sport horse, comprising: a front central part or toe piece, two side branches or quarters extending freely from sides of the front central part, rear end portions forming heels, holes or nail holes defined in the side branches to receive nails for attachment to the hoof, an inner surface facing the hoof of each of the side branches including zones on the rear ends, forming flares of greater width than the side branches, the inner surface of each of its side branches defining a zone whose interior edge presents a simple curved inner profile and whose width is narrower than the front central part or toe piece, and an inner peripheral edge beveled by a first chamfer defined in a direction of an outer surface which defines a contact face with the ground narrower than the inner surface, the contact face widening in the region of the heels, wherein the front central part or toe piece has a plurality of ridges or grooves forming accordion pleats disposed on the first chamfer.