Never ever heard of that....really? They prance naturally in a field, I have seen it...so why would anyone need to use ginger?

There are a ton of 'horse people' in my community, some engage in dressage. If this was common practice across the board think it would have been mentioned at some point as they're constantly critiquing riding techniques and will call out vehemently anything they see as cruel or questionable. Until now have only ever heard of Saddlebred world engaging in "gingering" from someone who used to compete with them.

One of the comments in the post remarked, which I thought correct, that horses do not do what they aren't willing to do and there were no stirrups on this animal, it's all hand signals and leg pressure.

@Qualia That is incorrect; MULES don't do what they aren't willing to do. Horses can be ridden to death and I've read that many show and competition horses actually get stomach ulcers from the stress of constantly being pressured to perform.

@birdingnut Point taken , the point I was trying to make was this horse wasn't being forced with spurs or stirrups. You're right otherwise, and I apologize for my naive remark.
I enjoy your posts quite a lot and hope you'll accept my acknowledging that error.
Animal husbandry and training techniques have come quite a long way from even a decade ago. Great strides have been made in communicating with animals. E.g. Denise Fenzi, Mcdowell, Turiid Rugass et al that I'm certain have equine equivalents.