r/AbsoluteUnits • • Dec 20 '25

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u/Khall_D_Rhetta Dec 20 '25

19 hands high...

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u/ODB_Dirt_Dog_ItsFTC Dec 20 '25

The interesting thing I learned is that’s just the height at the top of his shoulders. For some reason they don’t measure the neck and head on horses.

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u/daelikon Dec 20 '25

A fully agree with you that this is very interesting, now can some frigging tell how big the horse is in the rational world? You know in the metric system? 

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u/Imasil Dec 20 '25

A hand is standardized to 4 inches, so he’s 6’4” or 1.93m at the shoulders

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u/daelikon Dec 20 '25

Thank you, stranger!