How NYPD Horseshoers practice their ‘art’

Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle

Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle

Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle

Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle

Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle

Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle

Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle

Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle

Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle

A shoe placed on an NYPD horse is fabricated to fit New York’s unique urban environment, with techniques such as the addition of Drill Tech. This is a titanium strip that’s heat molded to three points of the horseshoe to give it grip and extra protection from road hazards such as construction debris that are a constant on the streets of New York.