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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.
The domestic horse and pony belong to the subspecies Equus caballus. Coming to the classification of horse and pony, as a general rule, an animal that is 14.2 hands or more is considered to be a horse, while an animal that is less than 14.2 hands is called a pony.