Name the instrument used to measure the height of a horse?

Answer 1

You need to have a measuring stick. Make sure your horse is on level ground with all four feet on the ground. Place the level on the horses withers to measure it. The horses height is measured in hands

Answer 2

You measure a horse or pony in 'hands'. One hand is equal to 4 inches or 10 centimetres. A pony is usually considered 14.2 hands or under. (142 cm or under) A horse is 14.3 hands or over. (143 cm or above)

Answer 3

You measure from the ground to the horse or pony's withers. There is a unit called hands which is especially for measuring horses. Each hand is 4 inches.

Answer 4

Horses are measured in hands and a hand is about 4" so a horse that is 60" high makes him 14 hands

Answer 5

One hand equals four inches. So, if a horse is 15hh (15 hands high) it means the horse is 60in. tall. A horse is always measured from the withers to the feet; not head to feet.

Answer 6

1. you measure horses by hand's hand in 4 inches)

Answer 7

I think that it is handspan.

Answer2:

The traditional measurement for horses and ponies is the 'hand'. One hand is equal to 4 inches.

Answer 8

The withers - the shoulders.

Answer 9

hands