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What is horse hand2007-11-24 21:21:35Answers:

a horse hand can mean several different things. first a hand is a measurement for the height of a horse at it withers (or shoulder) a hand is about 4 inches or across the with of a hand hence the name "Hand" the second thing it can mean is a horse in hand which is a horse that is on a halter and you are working with on the ground. or a person helping groom a horse in a barn may be called a horse hand.

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A hand equals 4 inches.

It is a unit of measurement for a horse's height, measured from the ground to the withers (the "lump" at the base of their neck).

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A hand in horse terms refers to four inches.a 15 hand horse is 60 inches tall at the withers. They used to use that in the old days when they never had anything to measure around...they just figured four inches was the distance across an average grown man's palm so they used that to measure quick.

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Lets say a horse is 15 hands exact. Each hand is 4 inches. So instead of saying this horse is 60 inches they measure it down to four inches for each hand.

One hand = 4 inches. They measure the horse from its withers down, or from the highest point (not the head or neck). You can get special measure tapes just for measuring a horse. I have one it was mearly 2 dollars.

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a horse measured in hands means from the tips of your fingers to the edge of your wrists so if your hand is 10 inches long you measure how many hands it takes fom bottom to top of your horse then you work out how tall she/he is start at the front of the horse from hoof to head not the back

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A "hand" is the unit of measurement for measuring the height of a horse.