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Well as I am working on a possible Beast Rider I came upon this problem as well. All over the boards are plenty of people arguing one way or another on this, and I feel this issue needs to have some resolution.
At 4th level you get an exotic Mount - keyword again on Mount - and soo many of those on the list are large or huge (in original form), yet via the Animal Companion adjustments end up only medium sized. Which creates a problem with actually riding it as your mount.
Given the whole POINT of the Cavalier class is as a mounted combatant, it seems to be a real issue in the rules here. Being able to pick a mount you can't mount is silly, as is being forced to sit around with a plain old Horse until level 7. Especially when Druids and Paladins can get all sorts of fun stuff at earlier levels (and aren't as Based on actual mounted combat).
I can understand some worry about using the fully stated large or huge creatures at level 4, but it would be nice to have an exotic mount you can actually ride at this level as is intended by the class. Perhaps they could come out with some kind of adjustments for the creatures to make them a bit more balanced, or even use the Medium sized stats but treat it as large for the sake of riding and space occupied.
I really hope something can be done with this so that the class is more viable and doesn't feel like you just get the shaft from levels 4-7.