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Morgans have great personalities, they love to work and can go forever. For dressage horses, it'll be difficult to find one that tracks up well, the mare you posted looks like she has a decent canter but her trot was short and not tracking. She'd be a good low level horse, for a project horse she looks good.

I do know several morgans that have excelled in dressage, just takes time and training. They were bred to be gaited, so it's a little difficult I suppose, but this one is only half morgan, so, who knows?

I started a Morgan cross pony awhile back! He was a fantastic little man! Very sweet and intelligent, and naturally an expressive mover. He did not do well with the lesson kids though - but the lesson program he was in is a mill, and sensitivity is not taught, so I think it wore away at his patience with time. (I don't blame him one bit for that, as I would've been a much naughtier pony if my head had been tied down with side reins for "advanced" students' lessons) He was, by the way, a rescue too - and he adapted that well to a dressage life!

I definitely second Ammit's recommendation for measuring - measure him reeeaaaallllyyy accurately, and don't forget to take shoes and (if he's young) growth into account.