The Basic Guidelines of the natural trim explain in extraordinary detail how the author managed the remarkable hooves of the horses of the Association for the Advancement of Natural Horse Care Practices (AANHCP) over an eight year period (2010-2018). The horses lived 24/7 on track in the AANHCP Paddock Paradise, providing incontrovertible evidence that the natural trim can facilitate hooves bordering on wildness in a simulated adaptive environment.