| Kim competed on
her legendary The Gray Goose in Europe and the United
States as a member of the US Equestrian Team from 1980
through 1986. In addition to ranking third in the world,
Kim and Gray won the United States National Championships
and came in second at the CCI in Boekelo, Holland. They
competed at the World Championships in Australia, and
were alternates at the 1984 Olympics. During this time,
Kim worked with the top instructors in eventing, dressage,
and show jumping on the East Coast, as well as Sally Swift,
and Linda Tellington-Jones. Kim was the first mother of
young children to be an active competitor on the USET
three day squad.
Kim and Gray can be viewed in the videos Riding for
America, Kentucky: The Ultimate Trial 1982 and 1984,
and Kim is in Sally Swift’s Centered Riding II.
In addition to Kim and Gray being doubles in the movie,
Sylvester, Kim was Technical Advisor for the film, and
collaborator for the corresponding book, Sylvester.
She has written and been the subject of numerous articles.
Recently, Kim has been active as a teacher and coach,
traveling all over the United States. Whenever she can
find the time, she competes her stallion, Gideon Goodheart,
in dressage and horse trials. She continues her education
by working with Bettina Drummond in Classical Dressage,
attending Natural Horsemanship clinics given by the
top in the field, and going to workshops at Epona Equestrian
Services (home of Linda Kohanov, who wrote The Tao of
Equus).
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