Ok i didn't know how to properly phrase the question ... you can only go up to .3 before you go up to the next hand size right? Like 13.3 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 15.0 and if a horse is 15.5 hands that means her is if said correctly 16.2 actually? you would think any horse person would know this!
sorry it just really bugs me lol I can understand a mistake or how the most seasoned horse person might not know one easy detail of horse knowledge but knows a ton of advanced stuff:)
That bugs the hell out of me too, lol ! I inquired about a drop-dead gorgeous 14.5h dun overo paint mare once. I laughed at the height, but figured that they're 14.5h would mean that the horse is actually15.2h .... Well they must have measured to the tip of her ears because she was actually like 13.3h, lol!
I'm guessing that when people say that a horse is 14.5h, 15.5h ect. Ect. They actually mean 14 1/2 hands or 15 1/2 hands. But I don't know because I've also seen people advertise horses as being 15.4h ... Would that be 16.1h? Lol:)
There's more than one correct way to say things.
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15.5 is 15 and a half hands. It's just a matter of style, like saying 3.5 feet instead of 3'6 ". It's obvious what the person means, it's perfectly fine to use, and screaming about it's just as bad as pointing out people's grammatical errors and typos.
Like ... "Why do people never capitalize correctly? Are they just ignorant?"
They probably are saying that because there horse is 15.2 and they want it to seem taller.
Something about big horses gets people to take a look and go "ahhh pretty horse!".
Yeah I know what you are talking about. I run a riding club and many people say this. When I ask them what they mean they say "that horse looks 15 and a half hands". it stil really bugs me, but just get on with life and dont worry about it
Well any horse person SHOULD know that thres no such thing as a 15.5hh horse!!
I guess you just have to learn to turn a blind eye to their ignorance and not let it get to you!
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Probably if someone says their horse is 15.5hh, it's really 15.2. My mom used to be like that (I don't know if she still is)
More than likely they mean 15 and a half hands and are just writing it incorrectly.
Everyone makes mistakes dear.
15.5 would be 16.1
yeah youre right!!
Some people do confuse the "point" to mean a decimal point, which would allow for "point 5" to denote 1/2 of a hand, or 2 inches.
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However, it is not the correct or accepted use of the point or numbers behind the point within the equestrian community. It is annoying when used, and leads the reader to wonder whether the horse is 15 hands and 2 inches tall (15 and a half hands) or if the horse is actually another full hand plus one inch tall (16.1 hh, and not 16.2 as you stated).
I have never found a venue where it was considered correct or acceptable to use a "point.5" as you see in 15.5 hh to mean a half of a hand.
The number following the point should always represent the number of inches over a hand, with each hand measuring 4 inches. The word "point" when measuring horses does not refer to a decimal point. In fact, the word "point" is not used. When a horse is described as 15.2 hh, it is read as "fifteen two hands high".
If using the decimal system was practiced, then the standard 15.1 hh would be written as 15.25, and 15.2 hh would be 15.50, and 15,3 hh would be written as 15.75. And 16 hh would be written as 16.00 hh. It just isn 't done that way, and would be very confusing if both ways of writing it were accepted.
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