He could have instead attacked my cavalry before the supporting Ps had caught up. I let a huge gap develop between my Blades and the Numidians on the right. My end Blade unit had nothing to rest its flank on and when it was lost it jeopardized my whole army. I had no reserve behind by Blades. They were stretched too thin.
Light horse can really burn up a table.
This has to be planned for while deploying. I almost took a hill on his half of the table that he thought he could easily secure on the first turn. I thought I would take the hill much faster. Please feel free to comment on the lessons I learned. Maybe you have found different ones.