Abstract: A hoof guard for hooves of equestrian animals, especially for horse hooves, including a horseshoe-shaped base body, which has a walking side and a hoof application side. The hoof guard also includes at least two lifting devices, which can be displaced in or on the base body and which can be fixed to the base body. Each lifting device consists of a sliding part, which is mounted in or on the base body inside a depression or recess, and of a stop part, which projects away from the walking side while extending in an essentially perpendicular manner to the sliding part, and which rests against the hoof. The sliding part and the depression or recess of the base body are each provided with at least one complementary profile, which extends in the direction of displacement of the sliding part and which is provided for forming a slideway for the sliding part in or on the base body whereby enabling a simple adaptation to hooves of different shapes.