Update 1.6 is cantering its way to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and its got mounted combat tucked away in its saddle bag.

According to the Bethesda Blog, the patch will allow you to fight – with both ranged and melee combat – on horseback. There's a whole bunch of bug fixes in there too, but they're not half as exciting. Giddy up!

The full change log for Update 1.6 is below. The release date is yet to be confirmed.

New features:

• Mounted Combat

Bug fixes:

• General stability and memory optimisations
• General AI pathfinding optimizations and bug fixes
• Optimisations and crash fixes for data leaks
• Fixed rare crash with lighting
• Fixed crashes related to loading and saving games
• Fixed crash with summoned creatures/NPCs
• Fixed rare issue where saves would be corrupted
• Improved logic for when ranged kill cams are played
• Fixed issue with ranged kill cams while killing a dragon
• Fixed rare issue with certain ranged kill cams not playing properly
• Fixed issue with nirnroot lighting not properly cleaning up
• Fixed issue where bow damage was being calculated incorrectly
• Fixed rare problem with werewolf kill moves would not finish animating properly
• In "The Break of Dawn" fixed rare issue where Meridia's Beacon would disappear from player's inventory
• Fixed occasional issue where followers would disappear after player pays off a bounty after committing a crime
• Fixed issue where certain creatures and NPCs would fail to respawn properly
• Fixed rare issue with dialogue subtitles not displaying properly
• Fixed issue with water appearing blurry when loading a saved game after creating a save underwater