All mine are barefoot but when I bring Milly my clydesdale filly into work she will definately need her shoes on. She is riding 3 so I wont have her shod until she is a little older. She has a trim every 6weeks was just done yesterday. When I got her as an almost 2year old she hadn't seen a farrier and her hooves looked like 3 leaf clovers with splits. Now they look great but because of the weight of the clydesdales they tend to have very large flat hooves that are prone to splits.

2 of mine dont need a farrier as they have lovely hard feet that shape really well naturally. The shetty mare is one of them but I do occassionally give her a little rasp myself to keep them rounded.

My welsh mare is trimmed every 12weeks. She has a history of laminitis so its really important to keep her feet trimmed and not let her get much length.