RPG Tourist's Red Dead Redemption Horseback Tour

Mustangs don't seem to follow Arthur as closely as some other breeds. Thoroughbreds nearly walk over him. Mustangs will spawn randomly but rarely and the Wild Bay is hard to find outside of the Heartlands before the Epilogue. I didn't have an easy time capturing one. A couple of them got away and one bucked Arthur off during a lightning strike. Definitely the most effort I've put towards a capture so far.

We were chasing around a black bear and predictably neither Blossom nor the bear were real enthused about it. She got rather noisy but she never lost steam during the pursuit. Eventually we let it go. The problem with this horse is that they are so common and Arthur doesn't really present as well on small horses. I named her Blossom because she was a bit of a fragile flower. Morgans have the lowest health of all breeds and I did have to revive her once during an unexpected gun battle. Arthur adopted her after a mission.

I'm really not sure how this happened. Arthur was supposed to stop and dismount but Desi just effortlessly jumped on the wagon and there he stood balancing by one hoof apparently. I had a rough time finding this common horse until I learned that I was looking in all the wrong places. This is the challenge of RDR2. The map is so vast you can travel the same areas repeatedly and still not see things. 

I had a sweet horse named Truffle so why not Caramel. I meant to tame this horse right after Irwin, the Flaxen Chestnut Halfbred for a comparison but I'm going with the flow in this play through. The Silver Bay struck me as a similiar but more refined version. Kentucky Saddlers could have been classed as a war horse but in this game they have the weaker riding horse stats. We just moseyed around, taking in the scenery and looking for opportunity.

As I mentioned before, this is the second nutty Andalusian acquired in this playthrough. Both my Dark Bays were male. I spent a lot of time in Lemoyne which Andalusians don't seem to tolerate as well as some other breeds. He improved a lot with maximum bond and heading north. Of course, Diablo didn't really ask to do things like deliberately antagonize grizzlies. I had so much fun with him, he has his own YouTube playlist.

Here's a nicer photo of him showing his form in a park. The Dark Bay Andalusian is probably my favourite RDR2 mount. He is a beauty.

I was chasing a pronghorn across the river and suddenly Giselle just soared over a rock. I thought Giselle sort of sounded like gazelle. The pronghorn disappeared from the frame however. Giselle formerly belonged to a man we encountered running on foot and in some kind of distress. Taking the horse was apparently not the correct thing to do but opportunism won over. Giselle surprised me by dealing extremely well with a wolf swarm.

Cut this one free from a wagon in Rhodes. This time I got caught and had to flee to the nearest post office. Somewhere on our travels we came across the light gray Shire. It was a little difficult to get them to pose for a photo. She was quiet but George couldn't stay still. I could rock a whole play through with these two. The only comedy duo I could think of was George and Grace. The stable master disagreed with both names. 

Another uninspiring photo of a Dapple Bay. Tennessee Walkers are pretty steady generally. I neglected to note how she was acquired. Probably an impulse taming. She acquired her name during a flubbed lassoing attempt. I failed to hogtie a robber and inexplicably climbed back on the horse while he shot directly at us. She stood there until I got off to hogtie him for certain this time. I thought she must have faith.

The Mahogany Bay is of course Arthur's original reliable and unreplaceable companion from Chapter 1. The first time around, I sold him as soon as Valentine stable unlocked and didn't even give him a name. This time he was named Zach after a favourite  hockey player.