So, I was running around out in the woods leveling blade by slicing up wolves and the unlucky dear that my slow as Breton was lucky enough to trap (restore health potion FTW) when
OMFG ALL OF A SUDDON!!!

A BIG WHITE HORSE WITH A DAMN HORN came running at me...

Now I know Bethesda did a great job with NPC facial expression/body language. You can TELL when an NPC doesnt like you, but I didnt know it applied to animals!! OMG!! That horse whinnied in a way that said "I AM GOING TO EAT YOU FOR TURNING MY BROTHERS TO GLUE!!"

So when the murderous rabid beast charges me, I can barely think, I am trying to note on my map where I am so I can come back, when he HITS ME!! HARD!! I am a level 2 Breton... I am not so hot in the hit point right now... that about killed me.... So I started the back and slash campaign, and I think I could have killed it

except...

While whaling away on the beast, I noted that my curser changed to a HORSESHOE!! I thought, OMG, can I RIDE THIS THING??? So I tried to activate it... Of course, even a reasonable sane and coherant unicorn wouldnt listen to someone who had just slice into it with a silver longsword several times (thats right, level 2 Breton with silver longsword, courtesy of sleeping Cheydinhal guards... he he) so I got stomped flat and sent to Oblivion. At this point I realized that I hadnt gone to sleep yet, and had to go back on my watch in 4.5 hours, so I went to sleep.... but I wanted to ask...

Is there a way to ride the unicorn?? I would like a yes or no answer first... then a bunch of space, THEN the "walkthrough". If the answer is yes, I dont want to know how right away, I want to try find it...

Also, anyone else get stomped by the unicorn?
Oh, and also at level 2, I bought the house in Imperial City, I hate leaving my stuff around and having people steal it.... bastards...

Cadaver

Sorry to disappoint you, as I have no answer for you, but it sounds great! Consider this a *bump* post

Anyway, regarding horses, I couldn't find much info on them in the manual. Do they have any advantages besides getting faster from one location to another? Do they need food or get tired?

yes, you can ride the unicorn, you just have to approach it without your weapon drawn and without another horse around... if you do, you are KOS, just like with any other animal, but if you dont, you can walk up to it as if it's a normal horse...
it will wander away like a stolen horse tho, unfortunatly

Hircine's Hunt
A mod that will make Unicorn act like a normal horse.
He is slightly faster than Shadowmere,but unlike her,Unicorn can die.