The black shire you can get with your first mission with Hosea is about the best of easily obtainable horses which fits your description. Once you've bonded to level four, he rarely spooks at anything and can definitely take a hit or two.

You can also try to find a black American standardbred at the southern end of Big Valley. (They usually spawn near the trees on the snow-country side of the valley, but you may need to come back several times. There's a buckskin variant that spawns there too.) Standardbreds are classed as race horses in the game and have somewhat lesser health than other breeds.

You can also try to claim yourself one of the "seal brown" Dutch warmbloods early on by luring Pinkertons to come after you from the Blackwater side of the river. (They also ride the black Amer. standardbreds too.) The seal brown coloring pretty much looks like a black horse with some reddish highlights around the nose and underbelly. The Dutch warmbloods are considered a work horse and have mid-health and speed. I use them a lot with no issues, but then, I've played this game with all the breeds at one time or another and have only had horses die from stupid accidents.

Horses aren't what they are cracked up to be. There's no real "courage" stat but bonding level, cleanliness, physique, and hunger all play a part in you getting thrown, plus, in my opinion, some random chance.

There is a hidden trait known as Courage, its entirely on chance though. I had a Black Arabian that wasn't skiddish to anything. While had draft that was skiddish even gunfire and animals.

引用自 Marcus101RR：

There is a hidden trait known as Courage, its entirely on chance though. I had a Black Arabian that wasn't skiddish to anything. While had draft that was skiddish even gunfire and animals.

damn i just bought a draft hoping a big beefy horse like that would be brave

one of my favorite horse in the game is the turkoman breed, it's not as fast as arabian but it is way bigger, have a bigger HP, plus as a war horse it's brave, it won't drop you when the going gets tough

you can get one (dark bay i think) during the braithwate quest horse flesh for dinner. there's numerous tutorial on youtube about it but basically just fed it treat until it bonded to you

引用自 EvilNecroid：

引用自 Marcus101RR：

There is a hidden trait known as Courage, its entirely on chance though. I had a Black Arabian that wasn't skiddish to anything. While had draft that was skiddish even gunfire and animals.

damn i just bought a draft hoping a big beefy horse like that would be brave

It’s random though, so it could be.

引用自 kamikazi21358：

引用自 EvilNecroid：

damn i just bought a draft hoping a big beefy horse like that would be brave

It’s random though, so it could be.

really? so u could spend a stupid amount of money on what u think is a good horse only to have it throw u off at the sight of an ant?

Don't forget to get a good saddle; they give your horse stamina bonuses.

i have another horse question.. whats the fastest way to level ur horse?
some people say spam feeding and brushing and some people say to just walk the thing around?

引用自 EvilNecroid：

引用自 kamikazi21358：

It’s random though, so it could be.

really? so u could spend a stupid amount of money on what u think is a good horse only to have it throw u off at the sight of an ant?

I mean
that is life.
I bet people spent real money on horses in the 1800s and found out they were not up to their standard.

引用自 EvilNecroid：

i have another horse question.. whats the fastest way to level ur horse?
some people say spam feeding and brushing and some people say to just walk the thing around?

I think walking it around is, but that is pretty boring. Just don’t fast travel and ride it place to place while exploring and traveling, and it levels up pretty quickly.
Don’t sprint with it unless needed,
complement the horse,
brush the horse,
then feed it,
it will level up pretty quickly from just exploring and traveling, if you do this.

I am assuming story mode, I don’t know if there is a difference between story and online to clarify.

i almost never fast travel anyway