The way the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to ride
Question

                What are the animals which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to ride?
Praise be to Allah. 
          The Prophet 
          
          (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) rode horses, camels, mules 
          and donkeys. He rode horses both saddled and bareback, and he used to 
          make them gallop them on occasion. He used to ride alone, which was 
          most of the time, but sometimes he would put someone behind him on the 
          camel, or he would put one person behind him and one in front, so there 
          would be three men on one camel. So he would sometimes let some men 
          ride on his camel with him, and on some occasions he let his wives ride 
          with him. The animals which he rode most often were horses and camels. 
          With regard to mules, it is known that he had one mule which was given 
          to him as a gift by one of the kings. Mules were not well known in the 
          land of the Arabs, and when he was given a mule, it was asked, “Why 
          do we not mate horses with donkeys?” He said, “That is only done by 
          those who do not know.”
 
          (Narrated by Abu Dawood, 2565; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani 
          in Saheeh Abi Dawood, 2236)