Round and round and round

I'm back with the Banana dilemma. Do I keep her or sell her?

Why again, you ask?

We did a clinic last weekend with a Level III ICP instructor. She basically thinks the opposite of Banana that the Taskmaster does. I should, in theory, trust the Taskmaster over this clinician. But, the clinician was more in line with what I've been seeing/feeling. The clinician thinks she's a nice horse, but difficult and due to something she saw with her right hind (which I also saw) doesn't think she would stay sound for upper level dressage work (Taskmaster was envisioning her doing at least 4th level, if not PSG and I1/2.) She has no respect for my leg at all, not my fault, she was trained that way, but that I have a long, hard road with her to get her good.

Jumping we learned Naners is lazy over jumps. If I don't put my legs on at the base she just knocks rails down. So what will we do if we're out on XC and I forget to put my legs on? Is she just going to plow through it? If I put the leg on she's a perfectly good jumper. I have never had a horse I've needed to do that to constantly. So, it's going to be work for SJ and XC too. She's going to be work for all three phases.

I told clinician I really want to go to the AECs and have some possibility of winning. Clinician, who has been, told me flat out that Banana would never have good enough dressage to be competitive there.

This is the mare I was talked into because of how far I'd supposedly be able to take her, how much potential she has, etc. I am, quite honestly, somewhat pissed.

Clinician could be wrong, she even said she could be. But I know she isn't about Naners being difficult. I think I've known that from the beginning which is why I was hesitant to buy her.

My plan, as of now, is the vet is coming out this afternoon to ascertain her soundness. I really do like Banana and don't want to sell her. But, I want a horse to do what I want it to do too. Naners is not enough fun to keep around, for well, fun.

I don't know