War Horse

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The  is one of the best mounts available in Red Dead Redemption. Its stamina is equal to the Hungarian Half-bred and its speed is nearly as fast as the American Standardbred.

Description
The War Horse is part of a preorder bonus. AND CANNOT BE CAPTURED DURING THE GAME.

Availability
The  was intended to be exclusive content; codes to "unlock" the mount were provided to buyers of the Limited Edition and through various pre-order incentive programs at certain US and UK retailers. Modders were previously able to unlock it by editing the save file, but Title Update 1.03 has changed this by encrypting the save file.

The War Horse along with other pre-order content was released as DLC on the American PlayStation Network and Xbox Live in April 13th 2011.

Trivia

 * Given its uncommon silver dapple coloration, it's likely that the War Horse is in fact a Rocky Mountain Horse - a breed which was developed in eastern Kentucky at the turn of the 20th century. The basic characteristics of the breed are a medium-sized horse of gentle temperament with an easy-ambling, four-beat gait. This gait made it the horse of choice on the farms and rugged foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. It is a horse for all seasons, capable of pulling the plows in the small fields, working cattle, being ridden bareback, or being hitched to a buggy. Its rugged upbringing makes it a horse that has an easier time dealing with the harsh elements than most others.
 * The War Horse can be seen in the Outlaws to the End co-op mission &quot;The Kidnapped Girl&quot;, where one of the bandits will ride one into Ridgewood Farm.
 * There is a mount called War in the Undead Nightmare expansion pack but it is nothing like the War Horse.

Bugs

 * Sometimes a second War Horse might appearWar_Horse_Bug.jpg after a rare bug that involves a NPC "stealing" your horse but instead of running away with it, this one will stay still. Note that for this unusual bug to happen two npc would stand together next to each other doing nothing and when you go near them, one of the two will grab your horse. When whistling the first time, your horse will buck off the NPC, after that the NPC will grab your horse again but this time after second whistling your horse will ignore you, as if the npc is now the owner of the horse. When grabbing your horse again (will be considered as stealing) and whistling a new horse of the same breed will come to you. So far this has ocurred on the southern road of Mercer Station and in Alta Cabeza in the middle of the four mountains.