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Why is it important to have a universal way to describe your horses height?
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∙ 12y ago
It is important to have one set measurement to avoid confusion when dealing with horses and people from Another Country than your own as they likely will have their own method for measuring a horse. An example is the USA using Standard measure versus Europe using the metric system. A 15 hand horse in the US would still be a 15 hand horse in Europe, the only real difference is that in the US hands are measured in inches (4 inches per hand), whereas in Europe they are measured in centimeters ( 10.2 cm per hand).
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What word is used to describe a horses overall physical proportions?
The height of a horse is measured in hands. The hooves are measured in kinkajous, and the teeth measured in feet.
What is a hand in reference to horses?
A hand is the universal method of measuring the height of a horse. One hand equals 4 inches. 4 inches is the width of the average man's hand held sideways. It was a simple standard way to measure horses when people were horse trading and selling.
What does 'horses hands' mean?
Horse Hands is a measurement of horses height. good luck!
How long is the legs of a wild horse?
The length of the horses legs will vary according to the horses overall height.
What you the length of a hand in unit of measurement?
measuring the height of horses
How long from head to tail are horses?
It depends on the breed. And the height.
What is the height of the pinto?
Pinto is a color, not a breed and therefore does not have a single height definition. The pinto patterns appears in many breeds from tiny miniature horses all the way up to massive draft horses. That means that a pinto can be of any height.
What animal was important to a knight?
Horses were important to knights. In fact special heavy horses were bred for them.
How tall are painted horses?
Paint horses can be any height, depending on breed eg they could be a shetland or an ArabianAnswer.Paint horses you cannot usually say but they can be from 14.2 hands to 16.0 hands the usuall height is 15.2 for a paint horse
How do you measure a horses height?
By the width of your hand ( 4" ) from ground to withers (top of the sholders). "He's 15 hands high" Paw P/////
Why were the horses important to the Cheyenne's?
Because wealth was measured in horses.
How high are horses considered horses?
a pony is under 14.3 h.h and a "horse" is any height over 14.3 h.h
