We have two horses currently, the oldest one (she's 17) for the past two winters didn't grow much of a winter coat while the other ones (we had three at the time) grew plenty of extra to keep them warm. Gypsy (the oldest) would shiver if she didn't have a blanket on. With a blanket she was fine.
The past couple of years my wife would put them in their stalls often but this past summer we opened up more grazing area for them and they spent hardly any time in stalls at all. This year, she grew an amazingly thick coat and even the night it dipped down to -23°C last week and she had frost on her whiskers, not a shiver to be had. I'm not sure if it's because they need to be outside at sunup and sundown for their bodies to "know" that winter is coming or if it's because of some other thing that I don't know.
All I know is that some horses do need blankets and some don't. I would say if they aren't shivering, they don't need 'em.
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