I have an ancient (ok like 12 year old) Mountain Horse coat I love. It’s falling apart though. I love:
Velcro at the wrists but up in the sleeve is an elastic cuff.
Zipper and velcro tab front. When zipped all the way up it’s got a tall, insulated neck.
So.many.pockets. some zip, some not. Some snap close. Some are slick inside some are warming fabric.
The length covers my butt but isn’t mid thigh.
I don’t want a waxed coat and I want something tough, not the thin stuff on a puffy coat.
So glad you started this thread! I am wanting the same.
I’ve been ogling this one but cannot justify it. Nothing wrong with the coats I own!! But boy oh boy this one looks beautiful for hacking … well heck, I want to say night hacking but its not night hacking as its dark at 5 pm! And it would be perfect for walking the dog….
Maybe next year! I will refrain for now.
Ooo that looks great!
I have two of these (one for the barn, one for normal life). Maybe not enough pockets for you? But might check the rest of the boxes. https://www.thenorthface.com/en-us/womens/womens-jackets-and-vests/womens-ski-and-snowboarding-jackets-c299283/womens-garner-triclimate-jacket-pNF0A7UUT?color=5XO
My husband treated me to a heated coat this Xmas. It’s magical but not waterproof.
Between that and my carhart heavy coat I stay plenty warm and dry.
I have an older Irideon coat that fits well and is comfortable in the saddle. Covers my bum, with gussets for riding like a hunt coat. I can’t find the model online, it may have aged out.
Even though I don’t technically NEED another coat, I admire this one…and navy is on sale!
I have read some spectacular reviews on the Weatherbeeta Kyla coat but only seems available in all sizes through the UK and may not be warm enough for winter.
https://www.oldmillsaddlery.com/Mobile/en/Weatherbeeta-Ladies-Kyla-II-Waterproof-Jacket/m-m-73085.aspx?_gl=1168oajo_up*MQ…&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIvc_h9ZedigMVqXR_AB2MVRx6EAQYCSABEgIs1fD_BwE
I have a TON of Ariat clothing, and I love all of it, including my favorite winter coat. Has all of the features you want except snapping pockets (they all zip). Unfortunately they don’t make the exact coat anymore, but it looks like this is the replacement: https://www.ariat.com/P18822_W_APP.html?dwvar_P18822__W__APP_color=PLUM_GREY
I’m a tightwad when it comes to barncoats.
Especially for chores.
I’m also a Weather wimp, so don’t ride when it gets below 40F.
If I ride in cold (for me) I layer polarfleece over t-necks & have an antique pair of insulated riding tights.
My Best.Ever! barncoat was a Spiegel’s (remember them? 
) jacket of DH’s.
Microfiber lined with Thinsulate, lightweight uber-warm, lots of pockets & a hood concealed in the leather-faced collar.
When he died, & I moved to my farm it came with & became my barncoat.
Damn thing lasted from 1998, when he bought it, until a couple years ago when it started devolving at seams. Sadly no longer wearable or repairable 
I actually entered it in a Worst Barncoat contest from - IIRC - a feed company. Did not win 
Currently I have a men’s lightweight but warm jacket I bought from a friend’s son for $1.
It must have something under the quilted lining as it’s keeping me warm in our current windy. teens. Roomy, lots of pockets, zips (placket needs repair) but also has tabs that button so I can carry my phone in an inside pocket & reach it w/o unzipping. I was planning to cut off the fauxfur trimmed hood, but finding it useful in rain or blowing snow.
In all it’s loveliness:
When it gets REALLY cold, I go to my thrifted Eddie Bauer down jacket. For $6.50 - bought on Half Off day - it does the job.
I have honed in my layering this year, and so far even with temps in the teens, I have been getting away without a coat. I don’t like feeling like Ralphie from the Christmas Story when I’m trying to get things done!
I have found that my leg layers keep my upper half just fine. I have a pair of LeMieux winter breeches and wear those under a pair of the Mountain Horse Winter Riding Pants with Smartwool socks in Arctic Bogs Boots. If I have those on, up top all Ive needed is my base layer, heavy hoodie, and insulated vest on top. Anything more than that and I will be sweating after filling a couple hay bags. I find it more comfortable to ride without the bulky layer on top.
I do still really like the looks of the jacket that @Mouse_amp_Bay posted though! I have a long smartpak one thats more of a shell that I have used a ton in the past.
When it’s really cold, I like my Redingcote coveralls. Put those over leggings or riding tights, base layer top, fleece top, and then heated vest. Turn vest on to not die when I first step out into the cold, but it gets turned off in the first ten minutes. Another ten minutes and I either unzip top of coveralls to cool down or remove vest completely.
For less cold temps, I like using my heated vest with a variety of jackets overtop. I can usually get away with a base layer, fleece, heated vest, and then a very light down jacket over everything. This way I feel more like I can move around.
For night check, when I don’t have to do much and am already ready to go to bed, I have a very long Land’s End parka (almost ankle length) that I put on over my pajamas and heated vest. I got that on sale maybe 4 years ago and it looks almost new still, other than the seam on the bottom of the zipper has come apart a bit because I stress that area more than the coatmaker intended. 
The Lands End Squall Parka series checks a lot of your boxes. This link goes to the length you like (they have multiple versions—just type “squall” in the search box to see them all). Very, very warm, water proof, pockets, Velcro/elasticized arms, the storm flap that covers your neck, etc. It was my choice to wear yesterday to go check on the barn during our blowing snow/freezing rain event. Didn’t feel a thing and guaranteed dry.
My polarfleece layers are heavy(thick) & light (thin). Both are lightweight, not bulky.
I have a pretty old pair of Hot Chillys leggings that keep me warm under sweats for chores & in the coldest weather I ride in, under the winter breeches.
I scored a pair of used Bogs boots this Fall ($30!) & am finding them toasty with thermal wool socks worn under.
I’m no fashion icon doing chores - as my pic proves 
- but I’m warm.
In all but the frigidest(word?) cold I wear fingerless gloves. I have a pair if insulated gloves, but they’re clumsy to do chores in. I’ll layer them over the other gloves & remove to do stuff.
Beanie keeps my head & ears from freezing.
& Now I need to assemble all that & get out to feed horses… 
I feel akin to the Bird Lady in Home Alone 2 in my Winter Wear. Last winter at the drugstore a woman cam up and asked if I came from a barn (her daughter happened to be at a riding lesson) 
I asked her what gave it away??
I also use fingerless gloves. I found a nice pair of ice fishing ones that I can wear a very thin linter type glove underneath to help my fingertips not freeze but still have most of met dexterity with them.
Last year I got a Carhartt Rain Defender heavy duty coat, it has a stiff duckbill on the top of the hood for water to run off and sherpa lining in the hood but not the rest of it. The outside is heavy-duty for a puffy coat. I consider it my “actual cold” weather coat. Has a LOT of different pockets, and is a good length. I got it on sale. Now, I wouldn’t necessarily want to ride in it, but for chores it’s my favorite so far - I can wear just a t-shirt underneath and the wind doesn’t get to me. I really hate wearing layers, it’s a sensory nightmare, so a good coat really helps.
I tried fingerless gloves but I hate them.
My go-to is a pair of thick fleece gloves that are loose enough that I can put my hand between my legs (or under the other arm), pinch, and quickly/effortlessly pull them off to do high dexterity things, then quickly put them back on even if my hands are damp or whatever. The looseness of the gloves ends up making them warmer with a little air space there.
Warning not coat related!..So 
, in a given evening, I will wear multiple different gloves. These are the fingerless ones I have:
And I wear these under them which fit snug, and work really well on screens: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08923N7ZK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I use that combo for filling/weighing hay bags and prepping weekly AM/PM containers, putting on hoof boots…things like that. They are NOT good if you want to put your hands in pockets and they have a magnet that sometimes sticks when your not expecting it to gates/stalls etc.
I use these, SSG Winter Ranchers for grooming, cleaning stalls, moving poles/obstacles into/out of the arena, moving hay bales: https://www.bigdweb.com/rancher-winter-deerskin-glove-unisex?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD8TVMB4vU9TYhAa_rDlM6nIEKobA&gclid=Cj0KCQiAvvO7BhC-ARIsAGFyToWbDB0Sd25j5coTGium6iclOQM4K--AbSe3ateZQIEgUj8oCt-wQbEaAvf3EALw_wcB
To ride, I just use the cheapie knit grippy gloves, or if its particularly cold, I will ride in ORORO heated glove liners.
I may or may not be a weird kind of high maintenance.
I was gifted 2 lovely winter eqeustrian coats this holiday season!
One is a lovely, most beautiful Lemieux long coat. I wouldn’t have spent this much money myself on a coat, but it’s beautiful and fits great and is soooo warm. I use this when it’s under 20 degrees! https://www.lemieux.com/us/clothing/women/anya-waterproof-riding-coat-alpine#selection.color=8197
And then I also got an Ariat rebar coat. I wear this one every day to do chores, it’s sturdy, not too bulkie and super warm. My husband got one too as a gift he’s considering getting some logoed for work coats for his guys he likes his so much.
I feel very lucky to have been gifted such nice useful things! Before these 2 coats I’d been using clearance eddie bauer parkas those always work fine and you can find them under $100 throughout the year.
I have one of these. Even on the coldest nastiest day it can make me too hot (depends on what I’m doing)
Don’t know if you can buy them any more.
My sister just bought a brand new Mountain Horse barn jacket, and she is very happy with it.
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