Animal Companions, bonus HD, and stat boosts?

My 9th level druid has a heavy horse animal companion. It gets +6 Hit Dice, giving it a total of 9 HD. Now, the animal companion ability grants it +3 Dex and +3 Str. Will it also get +1 to an ability score when it goes to 4 HD and 8 HD? I know normal creatures do. Is there any FAQ that supports this, so I can get my DM to okay it? Perhaps an NPC with an animal companion in an official book?

My horse has gotten feats (hooray for weapon focus and improved natural attack!), but does the animal companion ability score boost supercede the hit dice ability score boost?
 

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I would say absolutely Yes. But I am afraid it does not look like they gave it to poor little Manster, the Dire Rat Companion of the sample Beastmaster Leena of the Mean Streets on page 28 of the CV.
 

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