Today Zarhym announced that in the upcomming patch 3.2 there will be some big mount changes. They’re dropping the levels for training as well as decreasing the cost, which is bad news for my level 30 mage I just bought it for. Unfortunately there won’t be a change for epic flying cost, and cold weather flying will remain at 1000 gold. The faction discounts look to be a good addition though. Below is the breakdown of all the changes:

Apprentice Riding (Skill 75)
o 60% land mount speed
o Requires level 20
o Cost: 4 gold
o Mount cost: 1 gold
o Mail will be sent to players at level 20 guiding them to the riding trainer

Journeyman Riding (Skill 150)
o 100% land mount speed
o Requires level 40
o Cost: 50 gold
o Mount cost: 10 gold
o Mail will be sent to players at level 40 guiding them back to the riding trainer

Expert Riding (Skill 225)
o 150% flying mount speed; 60% land mount speed
o Requires level 60
o Cost: 600 gold (faction discounts now apply)
o Mount Cost: 50 gold
o Can now be learned in Honor Hold (Alliance) or Thrallmar (Horde)

Artisan Riding (Skill 300)
o 280% flying mount speed; 100% land mount speed
o Requires level 70
o Cost: 5,000 gold (faction discounts now apply)
o Mount Cost: 100 gold