withers

     

The withers is the highest point on the back of a non-upright animal, on the rige between its shoulder blades.

Trivia about withers

  • When measuring a horse using hands, you measure from the ground up to these, not the ears
  • The area between a horse's shoulder blades
  • (Sofia of the Clue Crew riding a horse in the forest) Let's see how Daily Double likes being scratched here, the highest point of the back