Watch this featured video from Delta Mustad Hoofcare Center in which farrier Grant Moon modifies a Delta Challenger to create a Hind Spavin Shoe.

Shoeing a horse for endurance riding is an attempt to provide support, protection and traction.

Superstitions surrounding the luck and good fortune of horseshoes have existed for hundreds of years, dating to early Europeans and the Crusades.

Bob Gushwa's moves involving hammer, anvil, forge and red-hot horseshoe seem purposeful but startlingly quick to the untrained eye.

Contrary to popular belief, making horseshoes by hand is more than just an oddity seen only at agricultural fairs. Just ask Dave deWit.

Cornell University's head farrier Steve Kraus reminds that horseshoes can deliver benefits or cause harm. Horseshoes can harm feet when applied improperly but they also are used regularly to help lame horses become sound and keep sound horses healthy, competitive and productive.

In this video, museum director Lee Liles talks about and shows off a variety of horseshoes that can be used depending on the breed and discipline of the horse. Begun as a private collection, the National Museum of Horse Shoeing Tools and Hall Of Honor (Sulphur, Okla.) features one-of-a-kind items and memorabilia that has been gathered over many years. Now, in one place is an unprecedented and never-before-seen collection that contains both the conventional and the unusual — the contemporary and the obsolete.