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War_Hymn t1_jbfntph wrote on March 8, 2023 at 6:34 PM

Reply to comment by Doctor_Impossible_ in Humans Started Riding Horses 5,000 Years Ago, New Evidence Suggests by Magister_Xehanort

If you have a decent saddle. But most early horsemen (including the Macedonian companion cavalrymen that rode with Alexander the Great) had nothing more than a thick blanket or hide to cushion the back of the horse. This sort of riding took a lot more skill.