But the alfalfa. It’s from Arizona!
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When I said I’d be embarrassed and ashamed to bring foals in that condition to a keuring, she retorted that nope, she didn’t feel either of those emotions. It’s obvious she thinks they looked hunky dory.
Then she claims she listens to “people who… are actively in the competitive market. Not people on here in which I’ve found most to not have any type of show background.”
Oh, really?
For the first time on this thread, I feel an authentic LOL is warranted.
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Yup. It’s baffling that someone can be this naive and incapable of reading a room. There are some excellent and very experienced horse people participating in and reading this forum.
The good news is that this thread alone has almost 40k views. Before these threads, I didn’t know KS existed and I’m sure it’s the same for many. At least more people are informed now. The viral FB post helped inform people as to who KS is as well.
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I am not a facebook member but this is the only photo of one of her (what looks to be) older than weanling stock, that I have seen. From earlier in this thread;
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@Kasheare, I’m sure it must be difficult to read so many negative opinions here about the condition of your mares and foals, and of the manner in which you manage your breeding hobby.
Most people here don’t know you from Adam, it is not a personal issue.
You just don’t seem to understand basic management, nutrition or good breeding practices.
As much as you want to believe that no one here knows what they are talking about, I think that is a defense mechanism on your part.
You can learn to do better and I think everyone here would be happy for you and your horses if you did. Perhaps you just have too much on your plate and are too busy with your braiding jobs to have the time to learn about basic husbandry and performance horse breeding.
By now you must have realized that your hands off breeding practices are not successful and that your horses are suffering for it.
Just do better. Take a deep breath and stop breeding until you can afford to make time to ensure the proper care and nutrition of your breeding stock and to think more about what is ideal in sporthorse conformation .
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There are a couple that have been mentioned who are under saddle. Some were mentioned on the other thread Dutch harness horse drama. Update major mare/ foal neglect Nov 2023 post 1782 Update Kate Shearer responds post 1930 Nov 25/23. I’ve gone ahead and just grabbed pictures to compile here.
- 3 year old Gelding, out of Bianca.
Some other picture Kate posted in mid-late 2023
- “Phoebe” (2016 KWPN Mare, out of JD’s Bianca “Bianca”)- link to original sale ad
She’s posted a bunch about this one a lot. Kate mentioned her in the 1st COTH thread, put this mare was discussed early this month in this thread.
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These were mentioned in the other thread
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Pandemonium KG (2020 Half-Arab Mare, out of Oak Grove Annabelle “Annie”) Link to original comment, showing her first ride as a 2 year old
Quick Google search pulled up her foal ad, in-hand show results, Scottsdale show resultsand various mentions on COTH. She’s apparently from Kate’s first foal crop?
Here is a picture Kate said was of her as a 2-year-old
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Phorce Awakens KG (2020 Half-Arab Mare, out of My Chanell)- mentioned here
Here are some pictures I found of her that Kate posted in May 2023
Here is a picture Kate said was of the mare as a 2-year-old
There are more photos of some of her stock when they’re older, but no other obviously public ones or of any under saddle. The grey mare is the one she’s posted about the most.
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Wow, thank you @LilDunFilly. Great job.
Am I looking at this incorrectly or does Kate have a different opinion on what won means than I do?
She appears to have entered four classes, two with the owner handling two with someone else handling and the owner and the handler each got a 3rd place, and no placings in the other two classes.
I mean, 3rd place out of 11 or 12 is a great placing and for sure something to be proud of, but it is not winning.
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Thank you for putting that together.
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Well fed and shiny horses at last! It’s hard to see detail in the blurry pic of the gray jumping but, are those draw reins?
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It’s hard to tell, but I think you’re right. The way the cheek piece is pulled and the noseband is in place makes it look like draw reins.
Regardless, definitely nothing to write home about. Looks short strided and unhappy. No fault of the riders, likely. The horse isn’t built correctly for the job.
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Camped out behind, and the croup is pretty flat and not very long.
No wonder in the video of her jumping when she is older, there is a lot of tail swishing. I would imagine her hocks and hind end hurt. She’s better built for light harness work than for jumping.
Seems like a willing mare, all things considered.
The bay got a slightly better hind end. He looks like he might be a little camped out as well though.
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I wondered that as well. Nothing says good training like jumping in draw reins. 
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My pleasure!
Kate definitely… stretched the truth there. I would say I’d think 3rd is technically “winning” (I think of winning as 1st-3rd in small classes and 1st-5th in larger ones) but if I was describing a horse’s overall performance as winning, I’d expect better than 3rd place unless these are 40 entry classes.
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My pleasure!
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And having them come up the chest between the legs 
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I dunno, I like the Arab crosses better than the more recent WB crosses…
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Yes, they seemed to work much better than what she is making now.
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I agree.
It’s also interesting in the riding horse x harness (just using basic terms) crosses that the harness seems to dominate, or be more expressed. I think, anyway.
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The low set neck and heavy DHH head sure don’t help her jumping efforts, making her unbalanced on the landing side.
Agree that she does seem tolerant despite the tail wringing. “I don’t like this, but I like YOU so I’m going to do it.”
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You’re absolutely correct. Take Baloubet (TBxFrench trotter), whom Kate is breeding her DHH to…to sell as amateur friendly jumpers?? Absolutely insane to me.
IMO, it’s a small miracle baloubet himself was as successful as he was if you look at how he’s built. Maybe that’s unfortunately giving Kate some hope hers will also be Olympic level mounts 
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