How did cavalry horses deal with the stress of battle and not just run away during the chaos?

by BeardedApeGuy
Bronegan

Hello there, you might be interested in previous answers on r/AskHistorians such as this one that focuses on ancient world warhorses. Or there is this one but I like to think I did a better job with the later answer than the first. Additionally, as horses and warfare have very long histories, feel free to ask again if you are more interested in a different era (as both of my answers are very much ancient world/early medieval focused).