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Posted by Kate on April 30, 1998 at 10:03:26:
In response to Pretty big..., written by Mel Hughes on April 29, 1998 at 22:57:14
] ] It's been so long, but isn't Viper a gargantuan horse? According to the book, he is 19 hands high. I seem to recall that 10 hands high is kind of regulation for a full-grown horse, so Viper is twice as big???? (I even tried to do a simulation on my wall.)
] ] Any horsewomen out there?
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] A hand is 4 inches high. The dividing line between a horse size and a pony size is fourteen and a half hands, or 58 inches -- at the withers, which is the little bump where the back and the neck connect.
] 19 hands is still pretty big.
] Trout
Four inches is just over 10cm. So at 19 hands, that horse was 1.9 metres high at the withers (even slightly more). That's one BIG horse!
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