Animal Husbandry: Question or Suggestion...

Aurum

I have heard vague comments suggesting there will be stat differences between each mount but not revealing details about that. So from a horse, to an elk, to a raptor, they should all very in stats. And I love this idea, and hope it also effects speed as well. And i hope there are common abilities that all mounts have and special abilities that are not common across all mounts. For example, Sprinting , Ability to carry items, Climbing steep or shear walls, Terrain advantages ,lack of hindrances and many other abilities. And why not add hindrances like a tropical mount would have a reduced speed in a winter biome.
I know I'm getting too deep into this next idea, but I'd also love Racial mounts. For each race, you could have a small number of mounts that fit that race so well, only that race can tame them.
So excited for this part of the game, Mounts are just awesome and the mounts I've seen so far are very well done.