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Unless there's some sort of crazy TWEEST coming up, I honestly cannot see how the horse is doing anything other than playing right into the king's hands with all of this. By making love to rather than using the slave he has debased himself in front of the lions' court (therefore making him seem lesser than the king), and the entire plot to tilt the white lion out of power is heavily implied to have been green-lit by the king in the first place - the dialogue says that the other brother SUGGESTED the use of that slave, which means that someone higher than him (the king) approved the plan.
So all the horse will achieve is to put himself in a worse negotiating position, and may even strengthen the lions by eliminating the competition between the two princes if the white lion's political defeat is total enough. Also at the start of the comic the horse's adviser stressing the importance of keeping the king happy during talks suggests that though the horses may be winning, the margins are slim and there won't be any sort of decisive victory and they are not powerful enough to force passage through lion territory with military means. Therefore screwing up negotiations (which the horse seems to be doing a fine job with even beyond getting played like a fiddle by the king's schemes) would be a resounding strategic defeat for the horses.
Again beyond some sort of TWEEST I don't see how any of this is going to pan out in favour of the 'good guys'.
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