Horse

Horses are a planned 1.6 mob hinted by Jeb when Minecraft hit 10,000,000 sales. In a later tweet, Jeb said DrZhark, creator of the Mo' Creatures mod is assisting with the horse's creation, which is most noted by Jeb's Instagram picture, that shows that the horse model is the same from Mo' Creatures. . DrZhark was asked if the horses from the mod will be the same as the ones in 1.6. He responded "What do you think?" You will be able to put armor on them and tie them to fence posts. The two screenshots released by Jeb suggests there will be different breeds of horses, similar to the different breeds of cats, though this has not been confirmed yet. Horses will be able to jump. Baby horses' growth can be accelerated via the use of apples, wheat, sugar, hay bales, and are completely passive when hit, unlike other mobs. Riding a horse into water will cause you to dismount. The horses health bar replaces your hunger bar when riding.

You can make them climb ladders.

If you ride a horse the experience bar will be replaced for a jump indicator bar. If you press the jump key your horse will jump. The longer you hold the jump key, the more it will fill and the higher you will jump. The last two units are colored orange and if you manage to fill the bar to exactly that amount, your horse will perform an extra high jump.

Your Hunger bar will be replaced with the health of the horse you are riding.

The horses have 3 different types of armor: Iron, Gold and Diamond.

To tame, right click on the horse with an empty hand. You will mount it, then be thrown off. Repeat until the horse no longer throws you off. the amount of times this is necessary varies from horse to horse. It appears to be sped up by feeding the horse any of the approved foods (apples, wheat, sugar, hay bales), but only whilst on the horse, before it throws you off. Then throw a "Horse Saddle" on it and you are ready to ride. Left shift (or assigned key for sneak) will dismount you. A "Horse Saddle" will then allow you to steer the horse.

Horses are able to jump up 3 blocks, if the jump bar is in the yellowish area.

There are 10 various types of Horses, and there is a random chance to spawn a Foal while using a Horse Spawn Egg. Foals can be grown by feeding them Apples. There is also a small chance to spawn a donkey with a horse spawn egg. Donkeys can be ridden and can be tame the same way as horses, they can have a saddle but they cannot wear horse armor.