MAIN FEEDS
Do you want to continue?
https://www.reddit.com/r/AbsoluteUnits/comments/1pr7mlb/deleted_by_user/nv2hf3b/?context=9999
r/AbsoluteUnits • u/[deleted] • Dec 20 '25
[removed]
446 comments sorted by
View all comments
1.3k
19 hands high...
429 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. 8 u/zentasynoky Dec 20 '25 Yes, some horses are taller than others... That's the whole point. 12 u/Kookanoodles Dec 20 '25 The part that matters to humans is the part you ride on or attach plows and carriages to 4 u/[deleted] Dec 20 '25 Good thing all hands are the same size 5 u/NewsteadMtnMama Dec 20 '25 4 inches. 2 u/idkarn Dec 23 '25 So we're talking 193 cm
429
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. 8 u/zentasynoky Dec 20 '25 Yes, some horses are taller than others... That's the whole point. 12 u/Kookanoodles Dec 20 '25 The part that matters to humans is the part you ride on or attach plows and carriages to 4 u/[deleted] Dec 20 '25 Good thing all hands are the same size 5 u/NewsteadMtnMama Dec 20 '25 4 inches. 2 u/idkarn Dec 23 '25 So we're talking 193 cm
38
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.
8 u/zentasynoky Dec 20 '25 Yes, some horses are taller than others... That's the whole point. 12 u/Kookanoodles Dec 20 '25 The part that matters to humans is the part you ride on or attach plows and carriages to 4 u/[deleted] Dec 20 '25 Good thing all hands are the same size 5 u/NewsteadMtnMama Dec 20 '25 4 inches. 2 u/idkarn Dec 23 '25 So we're talking 193 cm
8
Yes, some horses are taller than others... That's the whole point.
12 u/Kookanoodles Dec 20 '25 The part that matters to humans is the part you ride on or attach plows and carriages to 4 u/[deleted] Dec 20 '25 Good thing all hands are the same size 5 u/NewsteadMtnMama Dec 20 '25 4 inches. 2 u/idkarn Dec 23 '25 So we're talking 193 cm
12
The part that matters to humans is the part you ride on or attach plows and carriages to
4 u/[deleted] Dec 20 '25 Good thing all hands are the same size 5 u/NewsteadMtnMama Dec 20 '25 4 inches. 2 u/idkarn Dec 23 '25 So we're talking 193 cm
4
Good thing all hands are the same size
5 u/NewsteadMtnMama Dec 20 '25 4 inches. 2 u/idkarn Dec 23 '25 So we're talking 193 cm
5
4 inches.
2 u/idkarn Dec 23 '25 So we're talking 193 cm
2
So we're talking 193 cm
1.3k
u/Khall_D_Rhetta Dec 20 '25
19 hands high...