Forest Chase Scene

[The Colonel]

Originally Posted by Varyon

Yeah, I don't see a horse being able to go full speed in the woods unless traveling on a well-maintained path. Honestly, if the woods are particularly dense, I suspect the riders would be faster getting off the horses and leaving them behind (using half the Move of the horses may not be inappropriate) - although that decision may come back to bite them if they need to leave the forest, where the speed of the horses can come back into play.

Riding a horse at all at night is a recipe for a broken horse - they can't see much better than you can and are liable to mis-step and break ankles and legs (which, come to think of it, is not unknown for humans running in the dark). Riding one into a forest is also a bad idea - combining the two is likely to end up with rider, horse or both injured in short order.
Either get off and lead the horse or, as stated, send them off on their own in hopes they'll lay a false trail.