When attempting to go in any direction on a horse, it is a slower style ramp up to full speed, rather than the immediate full speed. It is made worse but it not immediately responding to controls, so it's a brief pause before it begins to move slowly making riding horses jarring and unsettling on mobile where it is generally harder to dodge and βsteerβ where the delay becomes a hindrance.
We're tracking this issue at MCPE-231719, so I will resolve and link this report as a duplicate.
That report has already been resolved as working as intended, which means this is not considered a bug and won't be fixed. Please do not leave a comment on the linked report.
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