So I scored a free horse from a quest kill the leader bandit.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

I like my Pebbles but this horse is better. So what do I do sell it or keep.
Noway I can kill pebbles just sell him give him away? ?
I'd rather keep both but I guess I cant.
Then I guess I have to buy a saddle and stuff? This horse has no name same color etc no saddle either.
Will it just disappear?
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EDIT:
Well he disappeared, Went to Bernard on foot and gave him the ear and spurs went back to mill horse was gone. Closing the quest may have triggered it?
Question still stands
thanks

[𝙹𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛]

For me, Pebbles is and always will be my steed. He's seen many battles with me, and more will he see. Nothing can wedge us apart.

[Lieste]

You can only 'own' named horses, and only by purchasing them from one of three Studs - plus the gift horse Pebbles.

You have to trade in one horse to buy another.

While owning 'your' horse, where your inventory is stored, you may 'steal' and ride (almost) any other horse, but it cannot be made a 'replacement' for your mount, can't be given tack, nor used to carry additional items.

If you are seen mounting it, anyone seeing you will recognise the theft anew each time.

Overall much safer to stay with your 'named' horse which you own.

There are a few 'quest horses' which act like the stolen ones but without the theft tag - these are easily misplaced if you dismount in the wilds and forget where, or if they flee from combat. Losing a quest horse is inconvenient for completion of those quests - obviously.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

Agree about the stealing, but I didn't steal the horse guys , when I approached it after killing the bandit leader the tab show press x to mount the horse , No steal horse. It was in a forest .
But I appreciate knowing this now thankyou... I think I'll just keep Pebbles. The quest was finalized when I gave Bernard the ear and the spur from the bandit leader. :)
Thankyou Light Yagami you inspired me to keep Pebbles too wish we could buy some good horse gear for him too. Maybe oneday.
Cheers

[Lieste]

If that is the case, then it falls into a third category, unimportant quest horse. I don't recall seeing too many (Olena was one, as you could instead steal any one of a half dozen other horses, some of which might have had better stats (long time since I ran the tutorial/prologue now though as I am near the end game of a leisurely run).

[WillieTheWolf]

The horse used for the Talmberg race is still standing at the gates of Talmberg and is rideable/not stolen. I'm not using it so it's just standing there for the rest of the gameplay many quests after. But as other's said, you cant equip them or use them for inventory, so pretty useless.

From the Ashes should have included a stable where you could store them or something as stealing a horse is completely pointless and the only reason I could think off to justify it would be to have to jump on one to run away from a crime scene, and you might as well just call your magically teleporting horse.