The above quotes is from Warnery's "Remarks on Cavalry" and is a description of how a cavalry charge works. It lists the various stages that a charge goes through, what it does not list except for the last part is the distances involved. Now while a horse can accelerate quickly upto a gallop. A unit of cavalry is required to be perfectly dressed at least at the start and only at the last 20 paces should maximum speed be reached as it will minimize any disorder that occurs.
This would suggest that there is a case for treating cavalry like a ranged weapon with different effectiveness according to the distance traveled. It might worthwhile at this stage to see if anybody else has implemented a similar system and the complexities involved.
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