as do i grumpy, i like to be different and use equipment that separates me from the masses. And thank you Teeth for posting, you are correct, the arabian is hard to get away from as it can keep its speed very well, and as we all know even if you just bee line away from it, eventually you have to turn as the majority of the maps are not plain open field maps. Its nice that they are attempting to create a horse that is the best of both worlds (Courser/Arabian) but it needs stats that are comparable to the two that make it not such a shit horse for its riding level that you must gimp your build to ride it.
It needs comparable health and armor values, and the difficulty needs changed, to atleast 7, 8 is just to damn high to actually do anything with.