Having been working with horses since I was 6 years old, I must say it's somewhat painful to see so many false horse measurments on this site.
This is a very brief article on how to measure a horse's height.
A horses' height is not measured in feet, but rather, hands.
A hand is 4 inches. For example, a horse that is 16 hands high is 64 inches tall.
As the horse gets taller, it goes to 16.1 (65 inches), 16.2 (66 inches) and 16.3 (67 inches)
If it's an inch over 16.3 hands, it jumps right to 17 hands.
So, having a horse OC that's "16.4 hands" or above is a completely false measurement. The correct measurment for "16.4" is 17hh
For example, if Spirit were an inch over 15.3hh, his height would jump right to 16hh (NOT 15.4hh...there is no such measurment)
I hope this article has been informative and helpful.
I hope to see more accurate measurements in all of your Spirit Source equine OCs :)
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Happy to help ^_^ |
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Thank you MW! So glad you taught me somethin new! I know more about
equine massage therapy and other stuff, than the simple thing of their
height. Which is silly, ! |
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| The Albino&Royal herds |
XD I had no idea about how hands worked until this year when I took a
Horse Science class in school. |
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...and when you TRY to correct them, they pretend like your comment
doesn't exist So that's why I was compelled to write this
article. Now, there's no excuse for incorrect measurements. |
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Site Booster, Site Builder (Content), Si... | ||
| The all mighty green |
yea i think i saw that one |
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, I hope it works too! When I started seeing OCs at "15.6hh", I was
like In that order. |
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Site Booster, Site Builder (Content), Si... | ||
| The all mighty green |
thanks for doing this hopfully it stops people making horses a hight
that cant be |
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