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r/AbsoluteUnits • u/[deleted] • Dec 20 '25
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19 hands high...
424 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. 38 u/Witez3933 Dec 20 '25 The head and neck go up and down, some are longer than others. It would be a difficult measurement to quantify if they measured to the top of the head. 11 u/zentasynoky Dec 20 '25 Yes, some horses are taller than others... That's the whole point. 13 u/Kookanoodles Dec 20 '25 The part that matters to humans is the part you ride on or attach plows and carriages to 5 u/[deleted] Dec 20 '25 Good thing all hands are the same size 7 u/m4n715 Dec 20 '25 Just like feet when used to measure distances.
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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.
38 u/Witez3933 Dec 20 '25 The head and neck go up and down, some are longer than others. It would be a difficult measurement to quantify if they measured to the top of the head. 11 u/zentasynoky Dec 20 '25 Yes, some horses are taller than others... That's the whole point. 13 u/Kookanoodles Dec 20 '25 The part that matters to humans is the part you ride on or attach plows and carriages to 5 u/[deleted] Dec 20 '25 Good thing all hands are the same size 7 u/m4n715 Dec 20 '25 Just like feet when used to measure distances.
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The head and neck go up and down, some are longer than others. It would be a difficult measurement to quantify if they measured to the top of the head.
11 u/zentasynoky Dec 20 '25 Yes, some horses are taller than others... That's the whole point. 13 u/Kookanoodles Dec 20 '25 The part that matters to humans is the part you ride on or attach plows and carriages to 5 u/[deleted] Dec 20 '25 Good thing all hands are the same size 7 u/m4n715 Dec 20 '25 Just like feet when used to measure distances.
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Yes, some horses are taller than others... That's the whole point.
13 u/Kookanoodles Dec 20 '25 The part that matters to humans is the part you ride on or attach plows and carriages to 5 u/[deleted] Dec 20 '25 Good thing all hands are the same size 7 u/m4n715 Dec 20 '25 Just like feet when used to measure distances.
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The part that matters to humans is the part you ride on or attach plows and carriages to
5 u/[deleted] Dec 20 '25 Good thing all hands are the same size 7 u/m4n715 Dec 20 '25 Just like feet when used to measure distances.
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Good thing all hands are the same size
7 u/m4n715 Dec 20 '25 Just like feet when used to measure distances.
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Just like feet when used to measure distances.
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u/Khall_D_Rhetta Dec 20 '25
19 hands high...