As a horse trainer/clinician for over 30 years, I've noticed recently that more and more horse owners are looking for better and more natural ways to manage their horses.  A great alternative to horse shoes for your horse are Old Mac Horse Boots.  Unlike Easy Boots, Old Macs do not have any metal hardware that can gouge your horses hooves while putting them on and riding with them, so there isn't a need for modifying them, or using foam for buffering the hoof from the boot.  Old Macs have velcro fasteners and usually a single brass buckle for adjustment purposes.  And unlike putting shoes on your horses hooves and having to deal with nail holes, constriction from the steel shoe, the hoof perhaps becoming smaller and smaller because with the shoe on the hoof can't expand and function as it is supposed to, etc, Old Macs are put on when you need them and removed when you don't.

I have several Nevada Mustangs that for the most part have great, large sized hooves.  However, the terrain they live on 24/7 is loamy soil with some surface rocks, but not nearly as rugged as the trails which have lava rock jutting out in many areas.  Just like with any horse, their hooves are used to a certain terrain where they live barefoot all of the time, but when I ride them vigorously on the more rugged, lava rock terrain, these Mustangs can get sore footed and possibly road founder just like a domestic horse can.  Rather then shoe the trail horses, I simply apply the Old Macs to their front feet only, (because the front hooves are subject to about 60-75% of the wear-and-tear and that's why a sore-footed horse can more easily road founder in the front feet then in the rear ones), they go barefoot behind and after the trail ride, I then take the boots off and the horses hoof can function how nature intended it to with no constriction, allowing the hoof to expand as it should.  You also never have to worry the horse will somehow rip a shoe off, perhaps taking a chunk of hoof off with the shoe and then requiring patching.

Old Macs come in various sizes and it's very easy to measure the length and the width of the hoof and find sizing that will work well.  They also have rubber inserts in case the size of the horses hoof changes and the boot is too loose, or you wish to use them on a different horse with slightly smaller hooves then another horse.

Old Macs are just an all-around great alternative to shoeing your horse and at pricing usually ranging from $135.00-160.00, the boots last for thousands of miles of use and pay for themselves within just a couple of shoeings that don't have to be done.