General Information > Helpful information for the international horse-shopper

There are a ton of details to better be aware of when shopping for a horse or horse-related items internationally. Whether it is metric measurements, import regulations or cultural differences. Afterall this is what our service is all about. However if your interest is of a morse general nature and you want to check some bases beforehand: This section was designed to help out horselovers from different continents.
Here's a link to easily convert h.h. into metric Hands to meters conversion

hands high (hh)	meters (m)	remarks
11	1.1176
11 ¼	1.1240
11 ½	1.1303
11 ¾	1.1367
11.1	1.1430
11.1 ¼	1.1494
11.1 ½	1.1557
11.1 ¾	1.1621
11.2	1.1684
11.2 ¼	1.1748
11.2 ½	1.1811
11.2 ¾	1.1875
11.3	1.1938
11.3 ¼	1.2002
11.3 ½	1.2065
11.3 ¾	1.2129
12	1.2129
12 ¼	1.2192
12 ½	1.2256
12 ¾	1.2319
12.1	1.2383
12.1 ¼	1.2446
12.1 ½	1.2510
12.1 ¾	1.2573
12.2	1.2637
12.2 ¼	1.2700
12.2 ½	1.2764
12.2 ¾	1.2827
12.3	1.2891
12.3 ¼	1.2954
12.3 ½	1.3018
12.3 ¾	1.3081
13	1.3081
13 ¼	1.3145
13 ½	1.3208
13 ¾	1.3272
13.1	1.3335
13.1 ¼	1.3399
13.1 ½	1.3462
13.1 ¾	1.3526
13.2	1.3589
13.2 ¼	1.3653
13.2 ½	1.3716
13.2 ¾	1.3780
13.3	1.3843
13.3 ¼	1.3907
13.3 ½	1.3970
13.3 ¾	1.4034
14	1.4034
14 ¼	1.4097
14 ½	1.4161
14 ¾	1.4224
14.1	1.4288
14.1 ¼	1.4351
14.1 ½	1.4415
14.1 ¾	1.4478
14.2	1.4542	German ponys: up to 1,48 m stick-measure
14.2 ¼	1.4605
14.2 ½	1.4669	From here a horse is going to be declared as 'small horse'
14.2 ¾	1.4732
14.3	1.4796
14.3 ¼	1.4859
14.3 ½	1.4923
14.3 ¾	1.4986
15	1.5050
15 ¼	1.5113
15 ½	1.5177
15 ¾	1.5240
15.1	1.5304
15.1 ¼	1.5367
15.1 ½	1.5431
15.1 ¾	1.5494
15.2	1.5558
15.2 ¼	1.5621
15.2 ½	1.5685	Heights of Jappeloup de luxe, France, died
15.2 ¾	1.5748
15.3	1.5812
15.3 ¼	1.5875
15.3 ½	1.5939
15.3 ¾	1.6002
16	1.6066
16 ¼	1.6129
16 ½	1.6193
16 ¾	1.6256
16.1	1.6320
16.1 ¼	1.6383
16.1 ½	1.6447	Our broodmare Hannelore *1996
16.1 ¾	1.6510
16.2	1.6574	These measures are mostly prefered in hann. stallions nowadays
16.2 ¼	1.6637
16.2 ½	1.6701
16.2 ¾	1.6764
16.3	1.6828	Our broodmare Grace *1993
16.3 ¼	1.6891
16.3 ½	1.6955	Granddam Piroschka *1973
16.3 ¾	1.7018
17	1.7082
17 ¼	1.7145
17 ½	1.7209	Our SPS Farfadet *1993
17 ¾	1.7272
17.1	1.7336	Our SPS Alliage died 1999, Kareen's previous gelding Domino
17.1 ¼	1.7399
17.1 ½	1.7463
17.1 ¾	1.7526
17.2	1.7590
17.2 ¼	1.7653
17.2 ½	1.7717
17.2 ¾	1.7780
17.3	1.7844
17.3 ¼	1.7907
17.3 ½	1.7971
17.3 ¾	1.8034
18	1.8098	Here we would recommend a 40x70 dressage arena ;-)