I've not tried River's variant, but I did playtest the 3 block strength version, which seemed much better, and considered a smaller deck for Cavalry actions
I'd use the 56 card deck for this
www.commandsandcolors.net/napoleonics/fo...rd-command-deck.html
Despite GG's welcome, I think I'd still use the Tactician deck, though I dare say the relevance of the Tactician cards might be considerably diminished due to the all cavalry nature of the battle. However, that existed before any unit/card deck tampering on my part, it is the same Tactician Deck and all cavalry action RB designed.
On the plus side, there is a goodly number of Tactican cards that have default use only, which could reflect the mobility of the cavalry commanders!