My horses are in Florida and I need to get them new turnout sheets and blankets. I’m also trying to minimize and only buy what I really need. I was just wondering if it’s more versatile to have 100 g and 0g or 0 g and 200 g? Or is a sheet even really necessary - maybe just 100g and 200g? My one horse is clipped sometimes and the other never is, but doesn’t really grow a coat and also runs warmer usually.
I JUST looked this up today because I needed a new blanket. Smartpak has a good chart.
Here is the guide: https://www.smartpakequine.com/content/horse-blanket-guide?srsltid=AfmBOoo4bAdNpgYjD5ULt0PJALtAbVO7pv_n-dns2oE2_0IqUBUlJyxM
I like sheets for rain and wind.
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I do about 10 degrees less than that chart for a completely unclipped, furry horse.
I don’t put a sheet (0 g) on (Florida and Georgia) until the low is below freezing (32F).
Medium if the low is about 20 F.
Mine have quite thick winter coats.
For a trace or irish-clipped, I basically follow that chart for the “unclipped horse.”
Anything more than a high trace, I blanket similar to the “clipped horse” chart.
If it’s raining, I put a sheet on at ten degrees warmer than that chart for any clip level.
I guess it depends on where you are in Florida, but even full-clipping my mare in Ocala, I think I needed a medium twice in seven years. So I would say go for a 0g and 100g.
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Thank you both! This really helps 
a lady at my barn her horse sadly passed recently and she offered to sell me her baker blankets that are practically brand new for a decent price and it’s a 0 g turnout sheet and a 200 g turnout blanket - should I still try and find a 100 g or is that enough for the winter season in Florida? I’m about 2 1/2 hours south east of Ocala - Vero Beach.
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I’m not in FL but the first winter of having my horses at home was really mild. The horses stayed in their 100 grams most of the time. I find it’s a really versatile weight. Depending on which horse it is, it’s good for temps between 25-45.
I am in SC and the 100 gram blanket I have gets a lot of use here. You wont regret having that weight! The 200g gets used a little less so, only when its really cold.
I woujd get them that should be fine.
I’m west of Jax and have midweight for all mine.
During the recent snowpocalypse they got polarfkeece sheets under that and rain sheets on top.
Mine are all fine coated no winter coats.
I use the midweight all the time , under 50 they get them at night and sometimes into the morning and they never sweat under them.
I wouldn’t pay for a 100g if you can get a 0 and 200 for free. Modern blankets are breathable and can handle a wider range of temps than people sometimes give them credit for. I don’t have a 100g for my horse and have never felt the need for one, his 0 and 200 cover everything. He’s had his medium on when temps warmed up unexpectedly and honestly it has to be pretty warm before he starts to sweat under there. I don’t worry too much if he gets a little warm or a little chilly, it’d be great if we could optimize temps all the time but it’s just not practical or necessary.
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The post says a decent price, not free
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If you’re getting a steal on the 0g and 200g, then you’re probably fine with those.
I would get a 100g too, but that’s just me. There’s a couple good 1200 denier options under $100.
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Or you could get a100g liner and put under the 0g when necessary, or for an anomalous polar-vortex, under the 200 for a total of 300g
100g liners are usually around the $100 mark, less if you can find one on sale…
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OP, I work at a tack store and sell blankets all day. I would buy a rain sheet with a hood and a 100 g.
Most of the time, you will get use from the rain sheet. That’s because you are in FL, but also because lots of what keeps a horse warm is staying dry and his hind-gut fermentation, plus his being in good weight in the first place.
Also, IME, adding a hood to a sheet or blanket jacks up the horse’s temp.
If you were anywhere else, I’d suggest getting a 200 g. as your other blanket. That’s a medium weight. For FL, however, I think you’ll get more use out of the 100 g. Go ahead and make that a waterproof turn out.
Now, you can start layering-- 100 g alone, 100 g plus the sheet, or 100 g plus sheet and hood when you think it’s truly cold.
If you are scared, go ahead and add a cooler underneath all that, and you should be find for the next time a rogue blizzard hits Florida.
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