Kevin Bacon's The Green's Hoof Dressing"THE GREEN" is recommended to nourish and strengthen the hooves of horses that are kept on dry and or acid bedding (e. g.: wood chips, wood pellets, flax, etc.); that work or live on ground that does not provide the right amount of moisture (when pastures are dry and bare during the summer, for example); that simply have dry, even brittle, hooves; and during hot, dry summers.