Greater Mounted Combat

GREATER MOUNTED COMBAT [General]
Prerequisite: Improved Mounted Combat, Mounted Combat, Ride 14 ranks.

Benefit: You may command your mount as a free action. Also, whenever your Mount would normally make a save, attack roll, or a Str-, Con- or Dex-based ability or skill check, you may make a Ride check instead to determine the result. Your mount must have an amount of hit dice equal to half your character level or greater in order to use this second ability though you may command any mount you ride as a free action.