Confirmed.
There was an external dwelling of horses, I took it on the first week. Gurn leveled up well - Earth, Armor... I built the Citadel's horse dwelling. On the second week, I break 3 beehives (6+8+12), a couple of nagabanks, and build my native secondary town. I smashed the ГО (behemoths), but was 3 tiles short of the capital along fast roads. On the next turn, I was attacked by Crag Hack, who, from setup and mass haste, cut down all my damage stacks in the first round, GG.
Thanks for the game!