Further research may be necessary in order to completely understand the behavioral tendencies of foals. There seems to be variation in the category of play behavior depending on the context of who the foal is with. More research needs to be done on the difference in behaviors between foals in the presence of their mother, compared to with another foal. Perhaps a study should be conducted, as well, in which foals of different breeds interact with one another to interpret the variation in behavioral categories among different breeds. The most crucial element of the future research on this topic is sample size. It is essential to study the behaviors of enough horses, of all ages, breeds, sexes, and domestication to fully compare or contrast. Dahl et al. (2018) introduced a new tool in capturing enough data through bio-logging via inertial sensor techniques, which eliminates the necessity to record hours and even days of footage. This could be extremely helpful in the future of the study of horse behavior.
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