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My wife and I have foundation QHs (an 87% and a 95+% through Poco Bueno 
lines) and I'd just like to say, you all are the first group of mostly 
non-QH folks I've ever seen get it right.

To repeat what a couple other folks have already said, quarter horses, 
foundation or otherwise, can do dressage and it is a good sport for any 
breed to learn how to carry themselves better and to improve communication 
between the rider and horse.  HOWEVER, if you want to get to higher levels 
of dressage, it could certainly happen with a quarter horse but you will 
greatly improve your odds by going with a more traditional dressage breed.

Of the two we have, one is built like a tank, is fast as a whip and has a 
near perfect work ethic but she is anything but limber and supple.  I use 
her as a cow horse and my wife shows her in WP.  Her daughter is our other 
one and she would make a very nice English or dressage horse except she is a 
shrimp and bigger horses "look" better when doing dressage (they appear 
slower and more fluid which is the exact reason why smaller horses do better 
at reining--they look faster and more snappy).  She is also learning to be a 
WP horse and actually is better than her mother but still has a lot more to 
learn.

My personal opinion is that I wouldn't want a QH that isn't foundation bred 
because when I want a QH, the reason I want it is for QH kind of activities 
but I also realize that I am awfully, awfully biased. 


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