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Originally Posted by DogsUp
Why do they castrate them at all? Can't they give them an operation that stops the flow of sperm like they do in humans (vasectomy)? This would allow sperm production and the production of testosterone.
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The cessation of the flow of sperm does nothing to make a male horse more manageable or less "interested" in females, as a man with a vasectomy will tell you.
Not every gelding is given testosterone and certainly it is not done in non racing settings.
Taking away the interest in sex makes a horse more manageable and it's anthropomorphic to assume that a horse misses what he never had a chance to use. It's like assuming that a mare who is unable to have a foal for some biological reason longs for motherhood whenever she sees a mare and her foal roming in a pasture. She has no inborn concept of "motherhood."