blanketing my hunter

[xxreddxheaddxx]

My hunter/eq horse is boarded at a private barn this winter and I want to make sure they blanket and sheet him at the right temps. (btw- I live in N. Georgia). I don't think I will get him body clipped until mid november because I will not be showing until next yr. What temperatures do you blanket and sheet at? I have both... thanks!

[alteringwego]

Not Clipped
45- sheet
35- medium weight blanket
25 heavy weight blanket
15- heavy weight and liner
5- heavy weight and medium weight

Clipped
55- sheet
45- medium weight blanket
35- heavy weight blanket
25- heavy weight blanket and liner
15- heavy weight blanket and medium weight
5- no turnout (stay in warm barn)

[CBoylen]

Make sure you take into consideration the temperature of the barn. They vary. The barn I'm currently in stays about 20 degrees warmer than outside, and, coming from a barn that required a sweatshirt in the middle of summer, I cooked horses frequently in the beginning.

[Jaegermonster]

I'm in NE FL right on the Georgia line. My horses live out 24/7 and I do. not. body. clip. Ever.
I do have a barn but they only come in to eat unless it is really really nasty, like a bad Nor'Easter or something like that. I foxhunt and show.

Under 50, they get a sheet.
Under 40 they get a blanket.
Under 30 they get both.

Same in the daytime, if it's in the 50's and breezy they get sheets during the day.

I don't have any stable stuff, all my sheets and blankets are turnouts except for a couple of dress sheets and such for show.

My horses have coats so nice the flies slide off them and stay like that year round.