Equine shoe

A method of shoeing an equine animal by placing on its hooves shoes comprising a dual density, solid member that covers substantially the entire underside of a hoof, and having a top surface and a bottom surface and having fabric straps attached to the solid member and extending from at least two sides of the solid member, wherein the solid member has two sections, being a higher density top layer of hard material of at least Shore A 90 and a lower density lower layer of less hard material of Shore A hardness of about 45 to 65, the top layer providing support and dimensional stability to the softer lower layer, and wherein the bottom surface of the solid member is patterned.

A dual-density equine shoe comprising a solid member that covers substantially the entire underside of a hoof, and having a top surface and a bottom surface and having fabric straps attached to the solid member and extending from at least two sides of the solid member, wherein the solid member is of higher density, being of a hard material of at least Shore A 90, the shoe further comprising a separated rocker member of lower density, being of less hard material with a Shore A hardness of about 45 to 65 and adapted to be attached to the bottom surface of the solid member, wherein the solid member provides support and dimensional stability to the softer separated rocker member, and wherein the bottom surface of the separated rocker member is patterned.