About Horses:
Why Should I buy a horse?
Horses are an incredible way to get around in style. The benefits of an advanced horse include personal flavor (type of horse, armor, barding), storage (up to 16 extra inventory slots with an extra 200 pounds that travel with you) and speed (150% base land speed).
What kinds of horses are there?
There are three kinds of horses:
Basic Mounts: Only come in chestnut, no armor, no barding, no saddlebags, and require level 35. The cost is 250g and available from the stable master in your capitol city (with a little quest required) The movement speed is 125%.
Advanced Mounts: Can use all armor, barding and saddlebags. 16 different horses available from 1 plat to 8p. See your Quartermaster's Aid in the throne room for the 1p chestnut (min level 45) and the Quartermaster for the rest (which require Champion Level 2 or higher). The movement speed is 150%.
Epic Mounts and Unicorns: Same stats as an Advanced Mount, but are magical in appearance. They cost 15p each and require a quest to obtain them. See this site for updates on quest details.
What is barding and what do each look like?
Barding is the cloth blankets and adornments that can be used by those players Champion Level 1 and who are using an Advanced or higher mount.Barding remains the same for all 3 realms. The different styles can be found right here.
What is armor, what does it do, and what does it look like?
Armor is the leather and metal that makes your horse look fierce or majestic. That is all it does. It offers no other utility or protection other than style. As for it's appearance:
What are the new horse emotes? (taken from Metaldog on the VN Boards)
/horse pet
/horse courbette
/horse rear
/horse startle
/horse trick
/horse graze
/horse nod
/horse halt
What happens if I enter combat on horseback?
Your horse vanishes immediately. You will not be able to summon your horse again until 10 seconds after combat is over (and don't forget DOTs keep you "in combat").
What is the manliest of all horses?
The rainbow unicorn, duh.