Well, I said goodbye to Banana tonight.
He leaves tomorrow mornning to go down south to a thouroghbred dealer. She's really good and reputable, so I am told she will be able to sell him without a problem. And if she can't after one month (which is unlikely), she'll send him back to me, at no cost. She will cover the boarding & feeding cost for the time she had him. If she does sell him, she'll sell him at my top price - $4000, and give me back $3500, the $500 to cover expenses and her fee.
So, I went out to the barn tonight and groomed him all pretty and hugged and kissed on him for a while, and told him is a good boy, that he is going to find a really, really good home and a rider who can ride him better, and thanked him for all the good times we had - despite the injuries, LOL.
Even though this is for the best, a part of my feels soooo guilty about this. I'm totally crying again now.