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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.
A hand is four inches. So when a horse is ten hands high, he is forty inches from the ground to the top of his withers. Purchase or borrow a measuring stick. This is the easiest method. Make sure you are measuring from the spot where the horse's hoof touches the ground to the very top of his withers. If you cannot locate a horse measuring stick, you may use a measuring tape. Take the total number of inches and divide by four.