Real life Applejack!

Okay, I never thought I'd see this... Apple bucking is real!

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[HallelujahBrony]

That puts a smile on my face. Didn't know that operant conditioning is the primary condition for horses. Applejack would be proud!

O wow, how 'bout THEM Apples

[Walabio]

I wonder whether the horse discovered the solution accidentally or thought out the answer. The general consensus is that equines are not sapient. Sapient (wise) in this context means that the animal can, when confronted with a mirror, figure out "¡It's I!"

Equines are definitely sentient (able to feel (possess qualia)). So is Spot, but Data, who is sapient, does confuses sentient and sapient and wrongfully declares that Spot is not Sentient:

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An Ode To Spot

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0 Felis catus is your taxonomic nomenclature, 0
1 An endothermic quadruped, carnivorous by nature; 1
2 Your visual, olfactory, and auditory senses 2
3 Contribute to your hunting skills and natural defenses. 3

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0 I find myself intrigued by your subvocal oscillations, 0
1 A singular development of cat communications 1
2 That obviates your basic hedonistic predilection 2
3 For a rhythmic stroking of your fur to demonstrate affection. 3

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0 A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents; 0
1 You would not be so agile if you lacked its counterbalance. 1
2 And when not being utilized to aid in locomotion, 2
3 It often serves to illustrate the state of your emotion. 3

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0 O Spot, the complex levels of behavior you display 0
1 Connote a fairly well-developed cognitive array. 1
2 And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend, 2
3 I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend. 3

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The poem clearly show that Spot is sentient and then states that Spot is not sentient. This is what Data should have written:

Title

An Ode To Spot

/_Title

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0 Felis catus is your taxonomic nomenclature, 0
1 An endothermic quadruped, carnivorous by nature; 1
2 Your visual, olfactory, and auditory senses 2
3 Contribute to your hunting skills and natural defenses.

/_Block_#_0

Block_#_1

0 I find myself intrigued by your subvocal oscillations, 0
1 A singular development of cat communications 1
2 That obviates your basic hedonistic predilection 2
3 For a rhythmic stroking of your fur to demonstrate affection. 3

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Block_#_2

0 A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents; 0
1 You would not be so agile if you lacked its counterbalance. 1
2 And when not being utilized to aid in locomotion, 2
3 It often serves to illustrate the state of your emotion. 3

/_Block_#_2

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0 O Spot, the complex levels of behavior you display 0
1 Connote a fairly well-developed cognitive array. 1
2 And though you are not sapient, Spot, and do not comprehend, 2
3 I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend. 3

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[Recon777]

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Oy!
That's an enormous block of text. Well, to give my thoughts on horse intelligence, I think they are pretty smart where they need to be. They are tuned to have very perceptive senses and are aware of their "present moment" much more than people are. Their motivations are different than ours. I recommend checking out the channel of the guy who made this video. His channel is "Think like a horse" and he seems to really understand them well.

As for whether this particular gelding figured out that bumping the tree produced apples by accident or through some sort of cognitive process, it's hard to say. Maybe a wind storm came and blew down apples and he noticed that when the tree was moving apples fell. So he figured he'd move the tree himself and lo! it worked. Just a wild guess.