Acknowledgement
The authors would like to thank Junyoung Kim, Yeonju Choi, Seongmin Kim, and Yubin Song for their assistance with data collection. The authors also thank the Korean Racing Authority for their assistance. This work was supported by the Korea Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture, and Forestry (320017021HD020).
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