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1 A hand is equal to 4 inches or 10.2cms. 2  You should measure your horse from the point of the withers to the ground. 3  A horse that is 61 inches tall is 15.1 hands or 15 hands and 1 inch or 15.1hh. 4  This is calculated using (61/4 = 15.25); the .25 is the decimal equivalent of one quarter and a quarter of 4 = 1; so 15.1hh.
Thinkstock/Stockbyte/Getty Images. If a horse person says, My horse is 16.2, a nonhorse person might have no clue what he means. He's actually saying, My horse stands 66 inches high at the shoulder, or 5 feet 6 inches tall.. That's because horses are measured in hands, with each hand equaling 4 inches. Fractions of hands are noted as .1, .2 or .3. Of course, you don't measure a horse literally with your hands. The most common ways of measuring a horse is with a measuring stick or tape.