Bollards in a commercial application are a steel tube filled with concrete. Depending on where you are you can buy them empty or prefilled from suppliers.
The bollard will need to be embedded in the ground 18" minimum, and more is better.
Also note there are bollard covers of either painted steel, stainless, or PVC. Makes an ugly steel pipe sticking our of the ground more attractive.
A horse mounting aid? Ya know, sheep are a more compatible height for that pervy stuff and I bet they don’t kick nearly as hard when you surprise 'em that wy.