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Originally Posted by Eomer of the Rohirrim
The Captains of the West were facing South towards the Black Gate, so they could have let their horses go North out of pity. It's conceivable.
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For pity you would send your horses into the Brown Lands? 
I think there is even a potential that it was a known mistake. PJ wanted a regal and kingly looking Aragorn mounted on his steed during some shots but having that in battle wouldn't give the dramatic effect of two hobbits (  ) charging headlong into battle.
Off topic: Merry NEVER should have been there!
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“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
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