Using Cavalry Efficiently

[Captain Al]

For some reason, I can't get my head wrapped around a good way to use cavalry in 7YW. I feel like my charges are largely inefficient, and dragoons are fairly useless except for scouting and mobility. Can anyone here offer some tips/suggestions to me so that I can use cavalry a little more efficiently?

- You have to be really patient with your cavalry compared to Napoleonics.  Even heavy cavalry is useless against fresh infantry.  Wait until the enemy is completely fatigued, disordered or routed.  

- I like dragoons in 7YW.  Dismounted dragoons are very useful to keep enemy cavalry off your flanks.  But their fire is only effective at one hex.  A tactic that has worked well is to use dismounted dragoons to wear down the enemy cavalry until they disorder or rout, then charge them with regular or heavy cavalry. 

- My only complaint is that dragoons are coded as cavalry and therefore can't enter chateaus.