diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/official/art/actors/units/hellenes/alexander.xml b/binaries/data/mods/official/art/actors/units/hellenes/alexander.xml
index 5a2ef21b99..b9a06c6097 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/official/art/actors/units/hellenes/alexander.xml
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/official/art/actors/units/hellenes/alexander.xml
@@ -14,23 +14,18 @@
       </animations>
       <colour>0 0 0</colour>
       <mesh>skeletal/horse.pmd</mesh>
+      <props>
+        <prop actor="units/hellenes/alexander_r.xml" attachpoint="rider"/>
+      </props>
     </variant>
   </group>
 
   <group>
     <variant frequency="1" name="horse-texture">
-      <props>
-        <prop actor="units/hellenes/alexander_r.xml" attachpoint="rider"/>
-        <prop actor="props/units/horse/hele_saddle_h1.xml" attachpoint="chest"/>
-        <prop actor="props/units/horse/hele_saddle_fr1.xml" attachpoint="fr_quarter"/>
-        <prop actor="props/units/horse/hele_saddle_fl1.xml" attachpoint="fl_quarter"/>
-        <prop actor="props/units/horse/hele_saddle_rr1.xml" attachpoint="rr_quarter"/>
-        <prop actor="props/units/horse/hele_saddle_rl1.xml" attachpoint="rl_quarter"/>
-      </props>
-      <texture>skeletal/horse_hele_h.dds</texture>
+      <texture>skeletal/horse_hele_alex.dds</texture>
     </variant>
   </group>
 
-  <material>objectcolor.xml</material>
+  <material>player_trans.xml</material>
 
 </actor>
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/official/art/textures/skins/skeletal/horse_hele_alex.dds b/binaries/data/mods/official/art/textures/skins/skeletal/horse_hele_alex.dds
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc1df0a78d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/official/art/textures/skins/skeletal/horse_hele_alex.dds
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:bbcf84e733e1fcc3008682c30d83b78d9a23d76020936469680a6a3cb3674604
+size 87536