A hand is a unit of measure equal to four inches, used to measure the height of a horse from the ground to the highest point of the withers. The number of whole hands is followed by a period, then the remaining height in inches. We've done the conversion for you in inches, feet, centimeters and meters to provide an easy table reference for owners of all size horses. You can use this on your own site as long as you leave the link in place at the bottom of the chart.

Radar is the Guinness Book of World Records Tallest Horse at 19 hands 3.5 inches

Thumbelina is the Guinness Book of World Records Smallest horse. At five years old she's only 17 and a half inches tall.

HANDS	INCHES	FEET	CENTIMETERS	METERS
4.0	16	1.33	40.64	0.4064
4.1	17	1.41	43.18	0.4318
4.2	18	1.5	45.72	0.4572
4.3	19	1.58	48.26	0.4826
5.0	20	1.66	50.80	0.5080
5.1	21	1.75	53.34	0.5334
5.2	22	1.83	55.88	0.5588
5.3	23	1.91	58.42	0.5842
6.0	24	2.00	60.96	0.6096
6.1	25	2.08	63.50	0.6350
6.2	26	2.16	66.04	0.6604
6.3	27	2.25	68.58	0.6858
7.0	28	2.33	71.12	0.7112
7.1	29	2.41	73.66	0.7366
7.2	30	2.5	76.20	0.7620
7.3	31	2.58	78.74	0.7874
8.0	32	2.66	81.28	0.8128
8.1	33	2.75	83.82	0.8382
8.2	34	2.83	86.36	0.8636
8.3	35	2.91	88.90	0.8890
9.0	36	3.00	91.44	0.9144
9.1	37	3.08	93.98	0.9398
9.2	38	3.16	96.52	0.9652
9.3	39	3.25	99.06	0.9906
10.0	40	3.33	101.60	1.0160
10.1	41	3.41	104.14	1.0414
10.2	42	3.50	106.68	1.0668
10.3	43	3.58	109.22	1.0922
11.0	44	3.66	111.76	1.1176
11.1	45	3.75	114.30	1.1430
11.2	46	3.83	116.84	1.1684
11.3	47	3.91	119.38	1.1938
12.0	48	4.00	121.92	1.2192
12.1	49	4.08	124.46	1.2446
12.2	50	4.16	127.00	1.2700
12.3	51	4.25	129.54	1.2954
13.0	52	4.33	132.08	1.3208
13.1	53	4.41	134.62	1.3462
13.2	54	4.50	137.16	1.3716
13.3	55	4.58	139.70	1.3970
14.0	56	4.66	142.24	1.4224
14.1	57	4.75	144.78	1.4478
14.2	58	4.83	147.32	1.4732
14.3	59	4.91	149.86	1.4986
15.0	60	5.00	152.40	1.5240
15.1	61	5.08	154.94	1.5494
15.2	62	5.16	157.48	1.5748
15.3	63	5.25	160.02	1.6002
16.0	64	5.33	162.56	1.6256
16.1	65	5.41	165.10	1.6510
16.2	66	5.50	167.64	1.6764
16.3	67	5.58	170.18	1.7018
17.0	68	5.66	172.72	1.7272
17.1	69	5.75	175.26	1.7526
17.2	70	5.83	177.80	1.7780
17.3	71	5.91	180.34	1.8034
18.0	72	6.00	182.88	1.8288
18.1	73	6.08	185.42	1.8542
18.2	74	6.16	187.96	1.8796
18.3	75	6.25	190.50	1.9050
19.0	76	6.33	193.04	1.9304
19.1	77	6.41	195.58	1.9558
19.2	78	6.5	198.12	1.9812
19.3	79	6.58	200.66	2.0066
20.0	80	6.66	203.20	2.0320
20.1	81	6.75	205.74	2.0574
20.2	82	6.83	208.28	2.0828
20.3	83	6.91	210.82	2.1082
21.0	84	7.00	213.36	2.1336
21.1	85	7.08	215.90	2.1590
21.2	86	7.16	218.44	2.1844
21.3	87	7.25	220.98	2.2098
22.0	88	7.33	223.52	2.2352
22.1	89	7.41	226.06	2.2606
22.2	90	7.50	228.60	2.2860
22.3	91	7.58	231.14	2.3114
23.0	92	7.66	233.68	2.3368
23.1	93	7.75	236.22	2.3622
23.2	94	7.83	238.76	2.3876
23.3	95	7.91	241.30	2.4130
24.0	96	8.00	243.84	2.4384
24.1	97	8.08	246.38	2.4638
24.2	98	8.16	248.92	2.4892
24.3	99	8.25	251.46	2.5146
25.0	100	8.33	254.00	2.5400

Height Chart Courtesy of www.TopHatFriesians.com