Indeed. How can the dev code a hard core realism game where you play a peasant blacksmith teenager who:
1.had never ridden a horse in his life (per tutorial) and
2.took an arrow above the knee and yet
3.managed NOT to get unseated from his horse — despite having a realistic riding skill of ZERO? 
#WHForTheImmersiveRealismWin
I am in the same boat of waiting for the cheat codes to show up on the net so I can advance this quest or have GOD mode. I have followed all of the suggestions, galloped, weaved from side to side. On my most lucky tries I merely bleed out farther down the road than normal. Yes-- I using the PC version. But hope springs forth, and I will try again and perhaps have the bragging rights to having failed this quest 73,273 times.
Have you watched any YouTube tutorials to see what you’re doing wrong? It’s perfectly plausible that it’s bugged for you given it’s current state, but I mean you literally only have to hold 2 buttons to get past this bit?
Well i killed th first cumand took his gear. Not easy and very hard… dont do this took me some time and luck.
Sprint until to 20% ish then let it recharge to 50 and sprint back to 20 ish and keep doing thise even while in your horse. When picking a horse skip the first one. Press Whistle to stop threasa from bejng raped. Go to the with the name ohena or something she is butterscotch with a blonde main. She is faster and has more stamina than the 1st horse.
