Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Boots and Sneakers.

>I always thought the same thing, but my husband (Director of Safety for a> >manufacturing company) told me that they are designed to take things like> your >foot being run over by a fork lift and other heavy stuff, and those> weigh much more >than a horse does. 

I think the rubber tire makes a difference.  I knew someone in a regular  running shoe who had his foot backed over quickly by a car and he was just fine.---No I wasn't driving--- :-)
But a foot on a 1000 lb creature shod in steel stepping on your foot?  Maybe even stamping down on your foot with x lbs per sq inch??  Nope.  I wouldn't wear steel toes in my boots.  Seems to me it could even amputate your toe.