At What temperature should i blanket my horse?

Answer 1

It depends where you live, however, I tell by if i want to wear a coat is is best that my horse wears a coat. Unless your horse is clipped then you should start the blanketing when it begins to get a little chilly. If your horse feels cold than go with your gut. You are the best person to speak for your horse!

Answer 2

Horses prefer cold temperatures to warm, unlike humans and do not typically need a blanket if left unclipped. Remember, just because you want a jacket/ coat does not mean your horse does.However if you do clip your horses, or can't stand to see them sitting out there in a pasture without a blanket on these are the following basic guidelines.
Clipped horses:45*F ( 7*C)= light blanket
35*F (1*C) = Medium weight blanket
25*F (-3.8*C) = Heavy weight blanket
15*F (-9.4*C) = Heavy weight blanket + Liner+ hood
Below 10*F (-12*C)= Heavy weight blanket, polar fleece liner, secondary liner, and hood.


For unclipped horses:
45*F (7*C)= No blanket
35*F (1*C)= Light weight blanket
25*F (-3.8*C)= Medium weight blanket
15*F (-9.4*C) =Heavy weight blanket+ hood
Below 10*F (-12*C)= Heavy weight blanket, polar fleece liner, secondary liner, and hood.

Answer 3

There's no real need to blanket your horse unless she's sick or at an age where she can't grow a winter coat. Horses have a natural ability at monitoring their own body temperature and have done so at various temperatures for thousands of years--millions, actually. Various horse owners haven't had to blanket their horses if temperatures get down to -45 degrees Celsius, and show that just because it seems a "lil' chilly" to you, doesn't mean that it's the same to the horse. Blanketing should only be done if you have, as mentioned, a sick or elderly horse that, despite the best nutrition, can't gain or maintain weight through the winter or can't seem to develop a thick winter coat. Blanketing should also be an option if a horse has been worked hard and needs to cool off, and only if it's quite chilly enough that she may get cold-stressed with her still perspiring. After she's cooled off, though, she likely won't need the blanket anymore. Clipped horses are likely to need a blanket more readily than an unclipped horse.

You should go with your gut, though, and maintain readily-accessible shelter if the weather turns too sour for them to handle. But don't think that just because you're cold outside, your horse is cold too. A fur coat and thicker skin can make a horse be more cold-resistant than you, even if you have a jacket on.