Report Abuse. The Amish around here just use regular shoes on their buggy horses. The pavement is extremely hard on them. Turf absorbs some shock, but the unforgiving pavement sends the shock right back up the horse's leg.f your horse doesn't have bad feet, don't put shoes on him. Shoes actually weaken the hooves due to a lack of circulation and the nail holes (they just make the hooves stronger while the shoes are on, once you take them off the hooves are weaker than they were at first).