Cattle are easier on a pasture. Usually. However, both need to be managed responsibly in order to maintain a healthy, productive pasture year after year without ever having to resort to spreading synthetic fertilizer, reseeding or even plowing it under to reseed.
Most horses won't have a problem with cattle, especially if they share a pasture and the horse is used to the smell of the cow. But if you get a fussy one an alternate water source might be advisable.
It doesn't really matter, but I find inward to the pasture is easier as you dont have to back out of the way as it swings open.
field or pasture
That depends on how long the horse has been with the herd of cattle, and how accustomed (or not) it is to the cow herd. If the horse has been with the herd all its life, no. If it's only been with the cows for a short time, yes.
"It's pasture bed time."
"Why are you in such a bad moooood?""It's pasture bed time."
It's pasture bedtime
cows
A horse pasture should have enough space to graze as well as space to run. One horse is 1.5 AUs, so depending on your locality, pasture quality, time of year, etc., you could pasture one horse per 2 acres or more per month.
The Sublime Kine live in the Laughter Pasture!
Kaulike pronounced cow (like "cow" in the pasture)-lee-keh
Usually like a big field. it looks like a pasture or well actually it is a pasture and it can be anywhere from 1 acre to 100.