You should read the post. They go as far as to show the source code for the conditions in which a horse will flee and the only factors seem to be horse bonding level, type of predator, distance from predator, how quickly you calmed your horse, etc. Feel free to try and disprove them, but their claim seems pretty well researched. More @Wikipedia
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