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1 A hand is equal to 4 inches or 10.2cms. 2  You should measure your horse from the point of the withers to the ground. 3  A horse that is 61 inches tall is 15.1 hands or 15 hands and 1 inch or 15.1hh. 4  This is calculated using (61/4 = 15.25); the .25 is the decimal equivalent of one quarter and a quarter of 4 = 1; so 15.1hh.
Today, horses are one of the few items remaining that still use this standard of measurement. The measure of a hand remains at 4 inches. Proper denotation of a horseâs height is with the number of whole hands followed by the number of parts of a hand or inches remaining. A 16-hand horse would be written 16hh or 16.0hh. The âhhâ stands for âhands high.â The possibilities are 16hh, 16.0hh (same thing), 16.1hh, 16.2hh or 16.3hh.