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Horses will do find without blankets; I did sometimes blanket my horsesMostly the older horses and the ones with no winter coatFirst off I would let him try it without a blanket and if he is shivering or wet put a blanket on himDid you ask what his old owner used to do? That can sometimes give a good indication on if he will need to be blanketed or notI like to let me horses get a good winter coat first and then blanket as neededMy parents still have horses and last winter; even here is Georgia we had to blanket them all.
NoA normal horse can tolerate this temp very wellHoweverI blanket elderly horses regularlyThey are less able to tolerate temp fluctuations and I try to help them out so they are comfortable as much as possibleA sick horse will get a blanketAlso, if one has been to a warm climate and just moved back, it will be blanketed [ a mare that's been off to a stud farm down south, for instance]I'll blanket a show horse to keep the coat finerBut a normal horse? Unless it's so cold they are shivering and their ears feel very cold to your touch, they are kept naked and only wearing the personal furs they were born in.
It can get 30 below hereI've never blanketed a horse except in the case of very old or sick animals that can't keep warm on their own It's better to give them more hay and let them make their own heat than to try and blanket them I know that a heavy blanket pushes all the air out of the hair coat and can actually make the horse colder as the blanket doesn't hold as much heat in as the hair coat wouldAlso a horse will pick up and hold a lot of heat from the sunEver felt a horses coat when it's really cold but sunny? It's hot! A blanket keeps them from soaking up this heat.
NoI live in Utah and don't blanket my horsesAn exception would be if for some reason they don't develop a winter coat Now if you are hauling somewhere really early in the morning (before sunrise) then you can throw a blanket on to keep the wind off of themHorses are used to the cold unless you recently bought this horse from somwhere warmOtherwise blankets do more harm than good.
