Horses are your primary means of transportation in our sprawling world, but you can fight from horseback, as well.
Once you get your first horse, you'll always have a mount. You can compare you horses stats with those of other horses by holding Henry can only own one horse at a time: if you get a new one, the old horse's inventory will move automatically to the new one. Horses don't grow on trees though! It's a costly thing that you can only acquire by buying, stealing or getting as a gift or reward. You can call your horse any time by whistling and mount it using But your whistle will also be heard by the people within earshot, which sometimes can be a disadvantage, while on the other hand it can also be a way of distracting attention. In the horse tab you will see your horse's stats, tackle and inventory. Just begin cantering and don't steer him. Your horse is smarter than some people and will stick to the path you're on if you give him his head. You'll also fall from the saddle if you're seriously wounded (hit by an arrow, for example), or you can be unhorsed by a halberd. If you try to push your horse when its stamina is too low, it will throw you.