I rather enjoyed Dawnguard, it was a good ride, although I'm not quite sure it's worth the full price. Don't remember experiencing any bugs either, so there can't been anything major.
Didn't care much for Hearthfire though, for me that DLC was mainly about fast travelling between locations to buy supplies so you can build stuff. Very boring.
Mounted Combat was introduced in the 1.6 patch, not with Dawnguard or Hearthfire, so it's not surprising that you can do it
