The heavy horse archers intended to contact the enemy in melee.

Thus, he sent his horse archers to surround the Roman square.

Oh, for the day when I can employ horse archers!

Against horse archers such as those used by the Seljuks, running battles were common.

The Persian horse archers did not attempt to charge in pursuit.

As they had done previously, the horse archers peppered their enemy with shots.

From behind the enemy's foot horse archers began shooting.

And a damned lucky find, a man who's been up there with them horse archers for years.

We may also speculate that both armies deployed horse archers in large numbers.

The horse archers did not slow or slacken their pace until they were almost out of sight.