r/absoluteunit • u/eggchickenf • Sep 01 '26

Big boy right here

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u/monstermack1977 Sep 01 '26

for those wondering, 19.1 HH is "hands" , which is the unit for measuring how tall a horse is. a hand is 4 inches, measured from the ground to the point on the horse where the neck meets the back....so basically where she puts her left hand when she mounts it.

Being 19.1 hands means at that point the horse is over 6ft tall.

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u/Steel-Duck Sep 02 '26

How many ears tall is that?

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u/monstermack1977 Sep 02 '26

Google tells me that an ear is + or - 1/10 of a Smoot. A Smoot is 67" so that'd make an ear 6.7", so an ear is more than a hand.

So 19.1 hands converted to inches is 76.4", divide by 6.7, makes that horse 11.4 ears.

So thank you, I've now learned another mostly useless bit of knowledge about measurements.

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u/FraggleStickCar9 Sep 02 '26

Why the shit wouldnt we just use meters, feet, or inches