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The callus on a horses leg is sometimes called a chestnut. It is like an extra toe and may in fact be a residual toe from horse evolution when they had three toes not one hoof. It has no nerves so the horse can not feel if you touch it.

Horse owners make use of it as each callus is different and a horse may be identified by it for record purposes.

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