Do Riding Horses Survive Battle?

How, Riding Horses aren't ridden into battle.  I believe that was the reasons the devs stated for why they offered no attack or defense bonus.

That logic would explain why it balances out with Heavy Warhorse for wolf riders, but not Riding Horses for swordsmen, trueshots, etc...

I'm not demanding anything.  I'm asking how it works.  We assume these crafted things will be destroyed when the troops are destroyed because that's how the cheap stuff works.  But they are making changes to the combat model.  When we attack animals they drop stuff, so it's clear that we have a new possibility in combat now.  I'm a little curious if they plan to extend that to troops or not and if so what sort of things that may imply?  I'm definitely not demanding anything though.

Well, the original question did premise that everyone did not die.  Mongol riders (in real life) would generally travel with several mounts and often switch to a fresh mount (there's a wiki for that).  The knights in this game have several mounts.  Horses are not tanks, they don't need a rider like a tank needs a driver.  Of course, horses can't do many things.  Horses can't pick up gold, spears, play backgammon or chess, but they are capable of following other horses or being led by a rider on another horse.  A single rider is more than capable of travelling with several horses and historically there have been military advantages to doing just that.  If I were a swordsman, leaving battle, getting my horse, and I saw my dead buddy's horse, I'd lead him (the horse, not the dead buddy) back.  His weapons might be broken, his armor rent, his beer drunk, but his horse (if not ridden to battle) would be fine and quite valuable.

If you (peanut gallery, not Geofrey) think it's a stupid question, that's fine.  I was just wondering "out loud".  Please forgive me.