Have the same issue on 1.8.8. To replicate:
1. Ride a horse.2. Open for LAN.3. Exit the world to the main menu.4. Reopen the world.5. The horse is gone, and so is the armor and the saddle.
Does not matter whether the horse is naturally spawned or by the player.
Have lost two horses before I realized this was a bug.
Timour Fastovski
Have the same issue on 1.8.8. To replicate:
1. Ride a horse.
2. Open for LAN.
3. Exit the world to the main menu.
4. Reopen the world.
5. The horse is gone, and so is the armor and the saddle.
Does not matter whether the horse is naturally spawned or by the player.
Have lost two horses before I realized this was a bug.