How tall is the Thoroughbred racehorse filly Eight Belles? She looks huge.?

Question

How tall is the Thoroughbred racehorse filly Eight Belles? She looks huge.?

Answer 1

drf.com can tell you exactly

Answer 2

I'm sure nobody will believe me on this but I just got done watching Target Louisville and they said she was and outstanding 17 hands high!!!

I know... amazingly tall. She has a great shot with the boys.

Answer 3

She looks a little past 15.5...hard to tell by photos available on a quick glance..

If you have a photo of her with someone whose height is known, you can calculate it by graphing the height of the person into scale on the photo, then break the increments down into Hands:

find one foot on scale to photo

break it into fourths

measure the horse.

Answer 4

She is a big filly.  I believe she's about 16.2... which is, incidentally, how tall Ruffian was.