The invention concerns a horseshoe-like, plate-configured hoof pad of plastic material having two legs, which can be adapted to the size of the hoof by means of changing their distance with respect to one another, having the form of a connecting bar which can be engaged with the legs of the pad in the area of their ends, which pad is provided with a running surface covered by profile bodies. The connecting bar is configured as surface covering, separate snug-fit-piece completing the circumference of the leg ends essentially completely in order to connect them to each other and forming itself a circumferential configuration filling within the leg ends back-cut-recesses in form of flat, lateral bows, wherein moreover the snug-fit-piece can be inserted into the surface or, respectively, running surface of the leg ends in which it can be essentially completely integrated in order to keep the leg ends in configurational and force transmitting connection to one another and to make the snug-fit-piece for the purpose of exchange removable from the leg ends. At least some of the profile bodies are defined by a border in order to form a depression in each of which at least one hoof nail can be placed. In order to improve the abrasive resistance as well as the damping of impacts and to reduce the danger of injury, especially with respect to stress on tendons of the horse legs as well as in general in order to keep the horse in good health or, respectively, to recover ill animals with respect to their foot and leg articulations, the invention proposes that the head portion (2) connecting the two legs (7) of the pad (1) is provided with a flat front side edge (4) and a running face portion (13) on the running surface (11) of the pad extending on both sides of the center axis (A-A) of the pad up to essentially the outer edge of the legs (7), which running surface portion is free of nob-like profile bodies (9) and is provided with a wedge-like cross section (5) increasing in the direction to the leg ends (3) in order to provide in the center axis (A-A) a width (D) corresponding in the area of the center axis (A-A) about half of the width of the head portion (2) between its front side edge (4) and its rear edge (15), whereas within the head portion (2) the running surface portion (13) being free of profile bodies is followed by a running surface portion (20) covered by nob-like profile bodies (9).
