That’s very good to know, and help me understand it a lot better. I suppose I need to bone up on my reading again!

The trick is called a “proud cut,” where the gelding retains his desire but in a muted form, and also retains a high level of machismo. Sometimes I find myself falling in the Tolkien gap, where I expect a different level of detail. Mr Howard focused on the legendary stuff, and likely anticipated Conan had less affinity for an individual horse than say, @Sera67.

To the OP, I appreciate your bringing this up!

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