What unit is used to measure horses in some English-speaking countries?

OK, I understand the inches to hands thing, but what part of the horse is used to calculate the height from ground level? Is it the shoulder, hindquarters, or what?

ellavision1, LOL, ellavision, standing at 14.5 hands, I owned a mare with relatively short legs and an abnormally high withers would have liked to use her as a brood mare but was afraid of what the results would be.

ChampionNymph37634, measurement is from the withers(between the neck and the back) to the ground.

cool, didnt know that!!

ChampionNymph37634, a horse is measured from ground to the shoulder.

ChampionNymph37634, the withers

ChampionNymph37634, from bottom of front hoof to the top of the whithers

ChampionNymph37634, It’s the withers at the base of the neck

ChampionNymph37634, bottom of front legs to the top of the withers (shoulder )

I own horses an feel this method of determining height is archaic and outdated. But hey, I prefer the metric system over standard, sorry my fellow Americans 🤣

What unit is used in non Anglophone countries?

DistinctiveThanks6, no need to be vulgar