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Plus, at the dressage shows I have been to, the Quarter Horses are so calm and quite compared to the spirited, and sometimes flightly, warmbloods.

I'd take a Quarter Horse (App, Paint, or even a Thoroughbred) over an expensive warmblood ANY DAY.... I never met a WB that I woud like to have, but I'm sure I just met the crazy ones I'm sure there are plenty of nice ones out there too!

Haha, I agree. I will always remember watching one girl at a show get on her warmblood imported from Germany and the moment she got on, the horse reared and started moving. Whereas my horse acted like she'd lived at that barn her whole life.

Anyways, if you need more encouragement, OP, my horse is just a grade QH mare and we're about to debut in 2nd level in a few weeks! It may be harder for her than for a horse bred for dressage, but she is still capable of it.