And here I was, reading through the forums, when I thought someone had come up with the idea of shooting arrows from a horse (certainly unoriginal, but should be copied anyway) and would actually work if there were more sprites for arrows.
LANCES! WE NEED LANCES!!!!
Then, with 5 bushes you can knock the other graalians off their mounts if you charge into them at full speed! You could charge through bushes with reckless abandon only to be swarmed by bees! You could be amazed at the buggy water-flying mounts and the problems that would result in implementation, or maybe spear-fish for loot divers!!!