Hoof health is a crucial part of overall horse health and directly impacts mobility, performance, and lifespan. Lameness is common and expensive in horses and is often closely associated with poor foot care, such as failure to trim, shoe, and maintain the hooves. In this work, the relationship between hoof treatment practices and lameness incidence is examined, underscoring that under-care may result in structural disruptions, infections, and musculoskeletal strains. Basing the analysis on clinical observations, veterinary logs, and existing literature, the study identifies such critically important parameters as frequency of trimming, quality of farriery, ambient conditions, and nutritional support that can have a significant impact on the integrity of the hoof. Overall research indicate that active and regular hoof care not only reduces lameness but also enhances performance, reduces veterinary costs, and improves welfare outcomes. The paper highlights the importance of integrating organised hoof-care services into equine management systems and the need to train caretakers and owners in evidence-based farriery practices. Future study recommendations include longitudinal studies to establish the immediate effects of some hoof care interventions on the Prevalence and severity of lameness. In general, this paper has shed light on the fact that careful attention to hoof care is a critical component of lameness prevention and overall health and performance of horses in diverse fields of discipline.
Keywords: Hoof Care (HC), Lameness (LL), Horses (HH)
Keywords: horses, chronic recurrent cecal impaction, surgical treatment enlargement cecocolic orifice, long-term survival
