diff --git a/patches/server/0237-Config-to-prevent-horses-from-standing-with-riders.patch b/patches/server/0237-Config-to-prevent-horses-from-standing-with-riders.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d289672a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/server/0237-Config-to-prevent-horses-from-standing-with-riders.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Encode42 <me@encode42.dev>
+Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 15:52:32 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] Config to prevent horses from standing with riders
+
+Horses have a chance to stand (rear) when their ambient noise is played.
+This can happen while the horse is moving with a rider, which will cause the horse to suddenly stop for a moment.
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/entity/animal/horse/AbstractHorse.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/entity/animal/horse/AbstractHorse.java
+index 16b72398645757ca194cb638f46b4528283e2199..03ae6519a523ee73cce664d85074b5f9525de6d6 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/entity/animal/horse/AbstractHorse.java
++++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/entity/animal/horse/AbstractHorse.java
+@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractHorse extends Animal implements ContainerListener,
+     @Nullable
+     @Override
+     protected SoundEvent getAmbientSound() {
+-        if (this.random.nextInt(10) == 0 && !this.isImmobile()) {
++        if (this.random.nextInt(10) == 0 && !this.isImmobile() && !(!this.level.purpurConfig.horseStandWithRider && this.getControllingPassenger() != null)) { // Purpur
+             this.stand();
+         }
+ 
+diff --git a/src/main/java/net/pl3x/purpur/PurpurWorldConfig.java b/src/main/java/net/pl3x/purpur/PurpurWorldConfig.java
+index 35ec2183e4f05020e9370f7e24f9dadc43119a1d..5d9f610c649e4f34dfc3b3b151ab5cefd1fc4f03 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/net/pl3x/purpur/PurpurWorldConfig.java
++++ b/src/main/java/net/pl3x/purpur/PurpurWorldConfig.java
+@@ -1435,6 +1435,7 @@ public class PurpurWorldConfig {
+     public double horseMovementSpeedMin = 0.1125D;
+     public double horseMovementSpeedMax = 0.3375D;
+     public int horseBreedingTicks = 6000;
++    public boolean horseStandWithRider = true;
+     private void horseSettings() {
+         horseRidableInWater = getBoolean("mobs.horse.ridable-in-water", horseRidableInWater);
+         if (PurpurConfig.version < 10) {
+@@ -1451,6 +1452,7 @@ public class PurpurWorldConfig {
+         horseMovementSpeedMin = getDouble("mobs.horse.attributes.movement_speed.min", horseMovementSpeedMin);
+         horseMovementSpeedMax = getDouble("mobs.horse.attributes.movement_speed.max", horseMovementSpeedMax);
+         horseBreedingTicks = getInt("mobs.horse.breeding-delay-ticks", horseBreedingTicks);
++        horseStandWithRider = getBoolean("mobs.horse.stand-with-rider", horseStandWithRider);
+     }
+ 
+     public boolean huskRidable = false;