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Horses become frightened because they are prey animals and it is what they evolved to do. Horses have the fastest reaction time of any animal and this is because they were hunted for food by predatory animals and humans for a very long time. They had to be able to spot danger or what could be dangerous and get away from it as fast as possible to avoid being dinner for a predator, this caused horses to become easily frightened or 'spooky'.

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