User blog comment:Jimeee/Skyrim 1.9 beta update adds Legendary difficulty and raises level cap (Updated Apr 8th)/@comment-99.23.162.183-20130328143528/@comment-98.218.124.206-20130328150400

You try using a shield while riding a horse. What would be the point of that? Unless you're jousting with those bandits, you don't need it anyway.