if you take the armor off in the ui for horses the armor will still appear to be on the horse even though you took it off.
Linked issues
is duplicated by 14
MC-16264
"Ghost" Horse Armor - Can only be fixed by totally restarting Launcher. Shutting down Client isn't enough.
Resolved
MC-16878
Leopard and Regular Bay Horse Texture Glitch
Resolved
MC-16902
Stacking horse armor
Resolved
MC-17238
Visual glitch with horse armor
Resolved
MC-17374
When you place armor on a horse in the 13w22a snapshot other horses of the same breed look as if they have the armor on as well. Even when you take the armor off of the horse, they all still seem to look as if they have it on.
Resolved
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Unable to reproduce.