As of the lengthy podcast with Todd Howard, it was mentioned that Horses will definitely be in the game (which has also been confirmed in the trailer), but Bethesda was unsure as to how important they will be - if they're just gonna be there, or if you're gonna be able to ride them (and ride them WELL, to compete with Red Dead Redemption and similar games).

Let me suggest something that Bethesda could do if they don't implement horseriding - Let horses define whether or not you're able to fast travel. So, in order to "unlock" fast traveling, you need to buy your first horse. Obviously we, the players, would want to have full horseriding and everything that entails. But if the game isn't focused in that direction and if Bethesda feel like it won't get to where they would want it (in terms of quality), then instead of scrapping it alltogether, they could add this feature. That would mean that the horses wouldn't be ridable in the technical sense, but they would still be more than just dead weight props in the world.

Oh and on that thought, Bethesda also need to make their horses not as LAZY as in Oblivion ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/kinkseraph/5574097589/ )

Wow, when I read the name of the topic, I got kinda worried.

Not bad. *Puts down cigar* Not bad at all.

I like this idea a lot. That would solve multiple complaints all at once.

I want to be able to ride a Pahmar-raht...