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1 When a horse measures one half hands, indicate the measurement with .2 and not with .5. 2  A horse measuring stick is the easiest way to measure a horse quickly and accurately. 3  A horse measuring under 14.3 hands high is, by definition, a pony, regardless of breed.  The height of an average horse is roughly 16 hands.
It is a common unit of measurement now used only for quantifying the height of the horse. Tracing a tradition backward is a dicey proposition. We know that today a hand is 4 inches, with one inch increments, and the measurement is from level ground to the highest non-variable skeletal structure on the horse, the withers.