so my life of bizarro coincidence, goofing up and good luck continues beyond all comprehension; I was so excited that I finally caught the Royal Horse that I accidentally released Gladstone to register it! I realised afterwards and was so upset at myself, but then? I went to the place I caught him? and there was a horse with the exact same colours. So I got him back! Somehow?!
His stats are totally different but a) I think they suit his character better and b) I choose to believe it is the Same Horse Shut Up he just had an adventure on the way home that maxed out his strength and stamina, and anyway now I feel a lot safer using him in the game because he doesn’t only have two stars in strength which I learned is HP??? and horses can DIE that is so brutal Nintendo why are you like this I love it
so, maybe this is the luckiest horse in Hyrule? also the fancy gear is absolutely what Gladstone would wear as a horse look at that European comics colour scheme