Equestrian Estate is a type of pasture building in Napoleon: Total War.
Description[]
This fine establishment lowers the recruitment cost of cavalry units and facilitates the recruitment of cavalry units.
This large, palatial estate specialises in the breeding and training of horses and helps to make the recruitment of cavalry units a great deal cheaper. Its main purpose is to provide mounts for cavalry regiments of an army, an equestrian estate will add substantially to the agricultural wealth of a region.
Historically, Napoleon favoured white or grey Arabian horses over the more traditional thoroughbreds. These animals were put through an incredibly rigorous training regime before they were ridden by Napoleon. Trained by his riding master, they were subjected to gunfire, swords and flags being waved in front of them, drums, trumpets and other instruments being played without warning, and they even had animals driven between their legs. These horses had to be ready for any eventuality on and off the battlefield. Napoleon enjoyed riding for pleasure and was almost killed when a horse bolted and threw him against a tree.
General Information[]
Pays for self when 67,500 gold has been spent on horses in the region, 270,000 gold has been spent on horses in all other regions combined, or in 62-98 turns depending on administration buildings (if any) and assuming standard tax rate, or a combination of the above. The former is a huge sum of gold while the latter is a large number of turns; building equestrian estates is rarely worth the expense. However, it may be profitable to build one in major recruiting hubs.
The Peninsular Campaign[]
In The Peninsular Campaign, equestrian estates require 1,350 gold and 8 turns to build.