How can i measure the hands of my horse?

Question

I Guess only the smart horse people get this one!

Answer 1

To measure accurately, you must take a side measurement from the center of your horse's chest, along it's side horizontally (parallel to the ground)
to the center of it's tail.

Here's hands to inches:

12 hands to 12.2....62
12.2 hands to 13....64
13 hands to 13.2....66
13.2 hands to 14....68
14 hands to 14.2....70
14.2 hands to 15....72
15 hands to 15.2....74
15.2 hands to 16....76
16 hands to 16.2....78
16.2 hands to 17....80
17 hands to 17.2....82
17.2 hands to 18....84

Answer 2

STEP-BY-STEP MEASURING

Horses are measured from the ground to the highest point of the withers in a unit called hands. Each hand is four inches, or as tradition tells us, the average width of a man’s hand. So, a 16-hand horse is equal to 64 inches or 5 feet 4 inches (or 162.6 cm) tall at the withers. Measuring a horse doesn’t follow the metric system, so a horse that’s 15.3 hands high is 15 hands plus 3 inches tall, not 15 hands plus 0.3 hand high.

Answer 3

one hand equals four inches. the measurement is derived from the ancient habit of using the width of the palm of a mans hand to determine how tall a horse was. if your horse measures 61 inches at the withers,he is 15 hands and 1 inch. take the number of inches and divide by 4.

Answer 4

1 hand is 4 inches. measure from the ground (ideally the horse should no have shoes on) to the highest point on the back (the whithers- just behind the mane). divide how ever many inches you measure by 4 to convert to hands.

Answer 5

A measuring stick marked in hands would be ideal but if not just use a measuring tape and divide the inches by 4 and you have your measurement in hands.

Answer 6

I'm pretty sure horses don't have hands! LOL! Seriously, I believe a "hand" is equal to 4 inches.

Answer 7

every 4 inches =one hand.(so called,because thats the average palm width)u measure from where hoof meets floor,to the highest point of the withers.such as,15.1=15 hands,one inch.

Answer 8

you measure the horse from withers to hoof, every four inches is a hand, so measure it in inches and divide it by four.

Answer 9

1 hand (palm area) = 4 inches

Go from ground to shoulders/withers

Answer 10

back into it. how wide is your hand, how high is your horse (measuring tape)? simple division. but if you have a horse, how do you not know this? isn't this equestrian 101 stuff?