He shied away from her like a startled horse.

"So he is dead, with his poor skull cracked by a startled horse!"

The reaction of the startled horse would make it even more difficult for the puller to grab the goose as he went by.

He stopped suddenly, head coming up like that of a startled horse.

He was preoccupied, true, bringing his startled horse under control.

Merana squeaked, and for a moment he thought she was going to rear up like a startled horse.

The whites flared like those of a startled horse.

He stood there in her arms, trembling like a startled horse.

He whipped up his team, and the startled horses jumped forward.

The officer's startled horse reared, and the man kept his saddle only with difficulty.