Svein Erik "Sharum" Jenset of Funcom let loose a letter unto the community today via the forums that covers some of the questions folks might have regarding Age of Conan's mounts. Here's a small portion of the letter:

If you don't plan on purchasing Basic Riding for any other purposes, I would advise you to save your money. You were meant to get these skills automatically when claiming your pre-order mount, and just as intended this will be the case once the respective bug-fix goes Live. Consequently, players whom have purchased Basic Riding already will have to do another /claim after the patch introducing these changes in order to get the respective abilities back on their Ability page; and players who aren't meant to have access to these skills (i.e. players without pre-order mounts) will find them removed from their Ability page.

Be sure to read the rest of the letter at our very own JoBildo's blog.