I'm my second, lovely and most windy trip to discover Winterhold, I bought a horse.
Now ready for the journey ahead, I managed to find a town very close to it.
After leaving, I was promptly chased to the edge of a great chasm by a wolf. No matter what I did, my horse always seemed to move towards the edge.
Eventually I had had enough and knew it was either:
Risk fall damage atop horse.
Or dismount safely, but watch my horse fall and die.
I chose dismounting.
BIG MISTAKE, AS I HAPPENED TO DISMOUNT INTO THE CHASM AND FELL TO MY DEATH.
WHERE IS MY CHARACTER'S COMMON SENSE.