Good deal. In some terrain, a horse is still one of the best ways to get around.
BTW...interestingly (or not), Georgi Zhukov made effective use of Kossack horsemen in the early days of WW II. Ralph Zumbro covers it in his book Iron Calvary.
US cavalry charged Japanese forces in 1942.
http://www.westernshootinghorse.com/wshcontent/2008/09/04/the-last-cavalry-charge-in-us-history/#