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have a dumb question but will ask anyway – is poor Sumwon in a heated stall since her coat was clipped at the track or is she just wearing heavy blankets until it grows back in???? IT’S COLD lol..
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I'm sure she is blanketed, and equally sure that she is not in a heated barn (any idea what that costs?)....but keep in mind that horses are well adapted to survive cold....first since they are hind gut fermenters they generate pretty good heat digesting...and they just shunt blood away from the extremeties and back toward the core during cold weather....without wind or rain they don't really notice cold until it gets below 15-20 degrees.
and in truly cold weather like VT where I used to live....it takes about 5 pounds of hay to raise a horses temp one degree (I forget where I read that....but you just load them up on roughage when it's cold)