I’d love to find this weight in stable blanket (for easy laundering!) for my horse that is boarded for the winter. The barn he’s at stays plenty warm overnight, and all the 100 grams I’m finding seem a bit too warm for what he needs. A 50 gram weight would be perfect. Again, I’d like something in a non-waterproof turnout type blanket so my laundering is easily done in the washer and dryer regularly. Does this exist?
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How about using a liner by itself?
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I use this one: https://www.sstack.com/adjusta-fit-dura-nylon-tekno-fleece-cutback-leg-strap-stable-blanket/p/43873/?variant=true
I don’t know how to gauge the weight of it, but it fits the bill for just what you are describing…
I think the BOT sheets are pretty warm if you’re looking for something more than a regular sheet.
The Rambo AirMax is a 50 g weight. I have it as a liner but it comes in a cooler version, too.
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Huh, this seems like the ticket. But why is the cutback so much cheaper than the other wither relief version. So weird!
I wondered about a liner, but do they stay in place? There doesn’t appear to be belly straps…
I don’t know, I like it so much (I’ve had it for YEARS) that I bought another one to be able to clean one mid winter… He wears it pretty much 4 months straight…
Oh no, closed front. This will be an issue. Not for me, but for the staff. So this is probably no bueno.
Okay, I’ve ordered the AirMax cooler. It looks promising, thanks!
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Haha, living with this now. Staff prefers fronts opened. I prefer them closed. Not a problem for base layer since I’m the one who switches them around. But top waterproof layer? OMG, if I bring my horse in early there is much swearing figuring out how to get the thing hung up neatly so it will be ready for staff to put back on the next morning before turnout.
I’ve been either sewing fronts shut (geldings) or just leaving them shut (mares) for like 30 years and have a great system for easy on/off and hanging on the stall door. I just cannot get my head around wrangling an open front blanket 
I need to work on this. Maybe I should take off as normal and then undo the front once I have it hung up.
No clue on 50 gm stables. I use clapped out turnouts in various weights (lighter ones get their necks removed) as stable blankets and have an old heavy duty washer and dryer to keep them decent.
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Airmax cooler will be just right for this. But I would also think one of the fleece rugs (with straps) would be a similar in between weight from a sheet to a 100g. And be a little more durable for regular use than the Airmax.
I second this. Also easy to launder.
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One of the horses at the barn has a fleece sheet and Holy Static Batman! So I’m not a fan personally.
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Curious why you could not use a 50g turnout as the stable? Only real difference between stable and turnout is the turnout is waterproof, which won’t matter if it’s used in a stable…
Being over on the Wet Coast our horses live in turnouts all winter. They don’t get switched from turnout to stable blanket and back when they are brought in for dinner and then out again the next morning (maybe if I didn’t have a FT job and pay to board with people who also work they might be, but that’ 2x the # of blankets needed)…
I want to be able to wash/dry easily and on the regular. Not wash and have to hang dry somewhere in January 
. Being stalled at night now that he’s boarded for the winter means sleeping in poop and pee and he’s not discriminating in his stall.
Valid.
Maybe there’s something in the UK or Europe. Means shipping, but sounds like many people here order from those places all the time with little hassle and often faster shipping than this side of the water…
So I always felt this way too, until I got indoor sheets.
I will never go back to wearing outdoor blankets indoors again. Granted, my horses are at home, but holy cow the difference in weight of blankets is immense.
I love being able to bring them in, take off their heavy outdoor blankets and put them in a lighter weight indoor blanket that carries the same grams of warmth. For their backs and necks, I just think it’s so much better.
We are in Ontario, Canada, and not in the warm southern parts.
But for the OP- if I want “50” I use back on track, or the sstack version (which I like better) and my horses are toasty in that. Our barn is not warm, but they aren’t clipped, so it’s nice for the just below freezing days.
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Know ALL about Ontario winters- spent too many years in them, both northern and southern versions. Mind you, in the northern Ont winters my horses didn’t ever wear any blankets but weren’t clipped either.
I guess the biggest difference is the dry cold
I actually came back onto this thread to suggest the same as you- a BoT or similar, or a cooler under a cotton sheet, etc.
Ah, I forget that lots of people don’t opt for the lightest possible turnouts because they don’t have the same hate of heavy blankets that I do 
so while it works for me to remove necks from turnouts that are no longer waterproof and use them as stable blankets, I can now understand why those with heavier turnouts would be ‘hard no’ to that idea!
As my old repurposed turnouts age out (I get sick of repairing them or there’s nothing left to repair) and my horse ages, I may very well look into the stable blankets to replace them.
I have a Bucas 50g stable blanket and it’s very nice! So nice I have it in 100g too lol
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