Calvman, I have never seen such a misguided post.
You have obviously never played Horde, never read about Horde, never met Horde, or even ever SEEN Horde. Of COURSE we can have mounts. And I'd rather ride a wolf than a horse any day.
Anyway, I'm Horde. We were forced into war by demons (tricked by our ignorant nature), defeated by humans, enslaved by the races of Azeroth...we broke free, pronounced ourselves independent, and told the Alliance that we were possessed.
And they attacked us on sight for moving past our little indian-reserve-esque encampment in the Arath Highlands into a whole seperate continent. Call that controlled independance for sure. Alliance doesn't deserve my playtime--I spend it trying to make humans pay for what they've done. The kingdom of Lordaeron was right to fall...if only Stormwind would follow suit. I'd better make it happen then, neh?
Well, I have mainly Alliance pgs... but also two BE... And I have to say that if i could I would make a third faction, preety much like the Kirin Tor or Shattrath that have members of all factions or what Jaina would like to happen...
About the original post... it depends on which class you'd like to play...
Mages~~> Either Gnomes, Undeads or Blood Elves (I have a human one and his racial talents are crap, at least the undead one can eat corpses...)
Warriors~~> Humans(one), Orcs and Undeads
Warlocks~~> Humans, Undeads, Gnomes
Paladins~~> Draenei(have one), Humans, Blood Elves(Have one too)
Hunters~~> Dwarves(had one... had to make space for the DK), Nightelves, Orcs
DKs~~> Any race, pretty much... but Gnomes DK are... an amusing sight... (I have a human one)
Rogues~~> Absolutely Nightelves and Gnomes, with a side of Orcs
Druids~~> Taurens, Nightelves
Shamans~~> Orcs and Draenei.