Alright, watching the premiere with all the commercials of future episodes (and yes, Gak), There's was this one particular one that stood out to me (other than all the pinkie's one) Spoiler: big pic These guys look A LOT like actual horses, almost completely different style to usual MLP FIM, and they lack cutie marks and horns/wings. New species in another nation? Possibly.... If any of you want to watch the commercial it is from before discussing this, here's a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApamYEA8M18
I actually noticed those two during the preview, but I didn't pay enough attention to them to notice that. Then again, they were only on the screen for a few seconds, I payed more attention to the weird outfits. I wonder what's up with them.
If they're going to reveal that Earth was secretly near Equestria all along, my god I will crap my pants. But nah, they probably are actually horses, from the looks of their clothing they're from Arabian origins, maybe a party that Celestia decides to throw for some delegates? I have a load of ideas, but I don't really want to share them until we get some more information.
I was more interested in the many Pinkie's and Rainbow Dash's new friend/rival. This season's looking good.
Because they look alot like arab horses I assume they are from the east. Nice idea and design I think, I also bet Celesstia is half horse and half pony.
The normal looking horses are probably just Earth-Pony Royalty or dignitaries or something like that, or maybe part of the council that will Judge Twilight during her next phase of Training, As I believe in the preview right after it shows them with Celestia it shows Twilight using her magic to make an infinite symbol or somesuch.