I sent my 8 yr old Anglo-Arab off to jumping school this past June and brought him home last week. He was kept indoors from June to October so he doesn't have much of a winter coat right now. We're just heading into our cold winter, (Alberta, Canada) currently -7 at night but within the next month we'll be getting into the - 20's & -30's. I do have a coat for him but my problem is, we're going away for 3 weeks. I have 2 friends coming over morning and night to check on my horses but I'm worried he'll get 'tangled up' in all the coat hardware! My horses are kept outside year round with shelters and fed round bales, they're not used to wearing coats. I have a barn (unheated) but they like to be outside.
How fast will his winter coat come in?? Can I leave him coatless??