depends on how much you use them - If you purchase a good wool blanket and wash it once a year it should last you forever.
Winter horse blankets are commonly made of materials such as canvas or other synthetic textiles, and lined with quilted cotton for added warmth. Blankets should fit snugly but allow free movement for the comfort of the horse.
BMB no longer makes horse blankets. However, there is a company called Blanket Barn that makes similar horse blankets for comparable prices.
Horse blankets come in many different types for different purposes. Some of the top rated brands of horse blankets include Schneiders, Rambo, Rhino, Horseware, and Weatherbeeta.
Horse blankets were made for horses, but like with everything else, you are able to use them for other things as well. Some people use them for picnics!
Horse blankets come in a variety of colors, and the variety can often depend on what specific use the blanket has. For a basic turnout blanket (a blanket for outdoor use), you can have a variety of colors from red to blue to even fun patterns such as one with peace signs all over them. (http://www.statelinetack.com/blankets-and-sheets/waterproof-turnout-blankets-and-sheets/2324/) If you are looking for an indoor/inner layer stable blanket, there are fewer patterns, but the color variety is still pretty good with red, black, and blue all possible. (see http://www.statelinetack.com/blankets-and-sheets/stable-blankets-and-sheets/2322/)
they are blankets thinner than heavyweights but thicker than lightweights so good for autumn or cold nights!
Winter Horse blankets an be made of fleece, or another heavy fabric, usually waterproof to keep the horse dry!
There are about three basic types of horse blankets (rugs). Summertime is perfect for fly sheets, cotton stable sheets or nylon sheets. Winter is for stable blankets, with or without liners and hoods and turnout rugs or all-weather turnout blankets, with or without hoods. For extra warmth or when showing, sleezies and horse jammie's are great for under stable blankets or cotton sheets and hoods. And of course boots and leg wraps for every occation, preferably matching the horse's 'binky's'.
They need blankets in the winter time, so they can keep warm.
Usually horses are blanketed to protect them from weather or keep them clean. Full size blankets can be used to help cool down and dry a sweaty horse, stablize the temperature of an ill horse, or warm one whose hair has been clipped. They can also insulate a horse from severe wind and cold. Saddle blankets keep the saddle clean and protect the horse from pressure points.
Horse blankets are used to keep horses and other equine animals warm and protected from the elements so they must be made out of durable and warm material. How much you're willing to spend on a blanket can mean they are made out of different materials. A cheaper blanket is usually made of nylon top fabric will polyester wadding sandwiched in between, however more costly blankets can be made out of fleece, cotton, and even wool.
No. They got basically nothing. ___ Actually, they were allocated two blankets each, which is nothing like enough in winter.