HL is becoming a veritable font of wisdom these days. Today he's got a new article at the Rise of Nations Universe on How to defend against cavalry raiding.

Raids can come in many forms and at many times throughout the course of a game. This article will primarily focus on the most popular raiding (and arguably the most deadly), the early cavalry raid.

UPDATE: If you want to know what all the fuss is about, I suggest you check out the Francophone Alliance Rise of Nations site for an excellent article about Horse archer rushing. The Horse Archer rush. Or as the Frenchies say it: Le rush aux Archers de Cavalerie! If you don't read French, they have a Babelfish link to automatic translation.
posted by Tim at 8:26 PM