ellie11987
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I'm just going to ignore all the rest of these posts and answer your question. If a horse is being used to being rugged, then leave it rugged. It will feel the cold 100x more than an unrugged horse, there will be little protection in the coat and it will probably loose weight. Mine is in a duvet and medium full neck stable at the moment but is a wimpy tb and has been in some sort of rug/fly sheet since she came out of racing so I'm using the same routine as her owner (she is on long term loan). But it is entirely dependable on the horse, if it is clipped, how it copes in cold weather, the breed, the age blah blah blah. I'd play it by ear and remove/add rugs as required. Just make sure she is not too hot, being too hot is more uncomfortable than being a tad cold.