After a few moments, the horse extended his long tongue and swish, he turned the page. Continuing rocking in the best traditional Jewish style of prayer he swooshed again with his large tongue and turned the page again. This continued for several minutes until the horse bowed again and took three steps backwards and stopped. That's not praying. The horse is merely rocking and turning pages.
Prayer means also an expression of the heart.
We all possess a bit of the two groups. Sometimes we pray with spontaneity and deep feeling. At other times we merely discharge our duty while telling ourself that we are still praying correctly. When we know the truth, that we are more like the above mentioned horse than a man, we have an advantage.