I have such a dilemma!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

Trying to get a horse that is halfway competitive in barrels and doing western pleasure is hard, I would have to agree. Why dont you think about another discipline that is close? Look into some reining competitions. It is close to WP and horsemanship but easier to find a horse to do both this and run barrels. Plus, there are tons of shows that have both barrels and reining in them so it would be easy to go with all your friends.