CURRICULUM VITAE

KIM U. WALNES

 

 

Vital Statistics

 

     Date of Birth:                                                          February 25, 1948

      Place of Birth:                                                         Cincinnati, Ohio

      Parents:                                                                   Emil M. Ulanowicz 

                                                                                       Retired US Army  Colonel

                                                                                       Edith D. Ulanowicz

      Marital Status:                                                        Divorced

      Address:                                                                 P.O. Box 101

                                                                                       Milford Square, PA 19835

 

Experience

 

      1981 - Present                   Horseback Riding Instructor, Clinician, Coach

                                                      Specializing in:

n      body awareness and  balance

n      safety techniques

n      competitive strategy

n      conditioning and nutrition for horse and rider

n      two-way communication with the horse using body language

n      the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of riding, and how they apply to Life.

 

      1976 - 1989                           Competed successfully in all levels of Three-Day                                     Eventing

 

      1980 - 1986                           Member of the United States Equestrian Three Day                          Event Team, representing the US in international                                                competition.

 

      1976 - 1989                           Windstone, Radford, VA, and Woodbury, CT

                                                      Co-owner, manager, trainer, and instructor of equestrian                      facility:

n      trained young stock, clientele horses, and resale horses

n      imported several horses from Ireland for resale and breeding

n      Instructed all levels of riders in various disciplines

n      Developed a national reputation for my expertise in alternative as well as traditional methods of managing, caring for, and training horses and riders

                                                     

 

      1973 - 1976                           Lived in Co. Clare, Ireland, where I trained young horses

                                                      being prepared for sale, and hunted with the Co Clare                            Hunt

Accomplishments

 

      1965                                       Winner of the first 4-H State Demonstration Contest

 

      1976                                       Won first event, Novice level, Ireland

 

      1979                                       Second in first national running of the Rolex Three Day                           Event, Lexington, KY, and only competitor to make the time.

 

      1980                                       Competed in Luhmuhlen, Germany, International Three                                 Day Event.  Eighteenth individually, member of winning                                  team.

 

      1981                                       Competed again in Luhmuhlen.  Tenth individually.  No                           team competition.

     

      1982                                       - National Champion      

n      Winner of two out of three selection trials for the World Championships

n      Individual and Team Bronze Medals at the World Three Day Event Championship, Luhmuhlen, Germany

n      Ranked third in the world by The Chronicle of the Horse

n      Featured in the 16mm film and video, “Riding For America”, produced by Insilco, Corp.

n      Featured in the video, “Kentucky, the Ultimate Trial”, produced by KY Educational TV.

n      Honored at the Women’s Sports Foundation’s 1982 Salute to Women in Sports in New York City.

 

      1983                                       Competed in England

 

      1984                                       - Second Alternate to the USET Three Day Olympic Team

n      Doubled for Melissa Gilbert in the Kentucky scenes of the 1985 movie, “Sylvester”.

n      Primary consultant to A.C. Crispin in writing her book, Sylvester

n      Member, US Active Riders Committee, which helped formulate national policy and sport rules.

 

      1985                                       - Second, Boekelo International Three Day Event

n      Member, US Active Riders Committee

 

      1986                                       - Competed in World Three Day Event                                                              Championship, Gawler, Australia

n      Featured in Sally Swift’s second video, “Centered Riding II”

 

      1988                                       Official National Retirement Ceremony at the Rolex                     International Three Day Event for my legendary horse,

                                                      The Gray Goose

 

      1994                                       Honored in the Masters Ceremony at USET Headquarters              in Gladstone, NJ

 

      1998                                       Technical Advisor to Monty Roberts in his “Follow Up”                            videos

 

1999                                                                              The Gray Goose selected as one of the 50 Most Influencial Horses of the Century.

 

2000                                                                              Competed successfully in lower level dressage and combined

training competitions with my stallion, Gideon Goodheart.

2001                                                                               

 

 

Education

 

      1970                                       Graduated from Radford College with a BA in Sociology

 

      1979 - 1987                           Trained under the best instructors and coaches in the US

 

      1981 -1986                            Centered Riding clinics, culminating in becoming a                           Centered Riding Instructor (certification no longer active, as I                      choose not to affiliate with any one technique)

 

      1984                                       Silva Mind Control

 

      1985                                       Linda Tellington-Jones Tteam Workshop

 

      1989                                       - The Warrior’s Wisdom Workshop by Stuart Wilde                              (techniques to further self-esteem and self-confidence)

n      Warriors in the Mist by Stuart Wilde (advanced training)

n      Reiki Healing Technique (Master level)

n      Trip to Peru to study Native healing techniques

 

      1990 - 2001                           - Clinics in Dressage, Clicker Training, and Natural                     Horsemanship

n      Workshops and studies in the healing fields of Feldenkreis, Somatics, Homeopathy, Massage, Herbs, Myotherapy, Bowen Technique, Learning Patterns, and Counseling.

 

2002                                                                              Clinics and training in Classical Dressage with Bettina Drummond

 

 

Publications  

Articles which I have authored: Inside A USET Training Session, USCTA

                                                                                       News, June, 1980

 

                                                                                       The Gray Goose—Another Adventure,                      USCTA News, October, 1981

 

                                                                                       Getting It Right:  Acting as Stunt Double                               for Melissa Gilbert in the Movie,                                                            “Sylvester”, Horse Play, May 1985

 

                                                                                       Dealing With The Fear, The Salute,                                      1988

 

                                                                                       Forward for the British Book, Riding                                     School by Lionel Dunning, 1988

 

                                                                                       The Power and Influence of YOUR                                         Imagination, The Salute, 1989

 

                                                                                       Quoted several times by Jane Savoie in                               her book, That Winning Feeling, 1992

 

                                                                                       A Legend, The Gray Goose, Passes On,                             Natural Horse Magazine, Vol 2, Issue 5,                                2000

 

                                                                                       The One Rein Stop, Natural Horse                                       Magazine, Vol 2, Issue 8, 2001

 

Articles in which I have been featured:                     Kim and The Gray Goose—A True Fairy                              Tale by Fifi Coles, USCTA News, April 1980

 

                                                                                       Jumping For Gold by Deborah Orin,                                      Women’s World Magazine, April 20, 1982

 

                                                                                       Kim Takes The Gray Goose to World                                   Championships by P. J. Conway, Waterbury                          American Newspaper, July 29, 1982        

 

                                                                                       Bronze Medal Winners, Kim and The Gray                           Goose by Fifi Coles, USCTA News,                                                    October, 1982

 

                                                                                       Quest For the Olympics, by David Bilmes,                           The Litchfield Co. Times Newspaper,                                                 November 26, 1982 

 

                                                                                       Walnes and “Gray” Train for Olympics by                              Judy Christie, Voices Newspaper, February                           16, 1983

 

                                                                                       Kim Walnes, Eventer:  A Study in                                          Preparedness by Cooky McClung,                                                       Horseplay Magazine, June, 1983

 

                                                                                       Bronze Medallist Kim Walnes Talks About                           the Making of a “Gray Goose”, by Beth A.                               Baumert, Equi Sport Magazine, June, 1983

 

                                                                                       Positive Imaging Can Help Rider and Horse,                       by Ann Jamieson, The Litchfield Co. Times                           Newspaper, February 25, 1984

 

                                                                                       Jumping For Joy, by Ginny Apple, The                     Hartford Courant Newspaper, March 29,                                 1984

 

                                                                                       Hometown Riding Group Backs Olympic                              Hopeful, by Nancy Davis, The Waterbury                                Republican-American Newspaper, May 28,                                                                                        1984

 

                                                                                       Quite the Lady, Quite the Team, by Heather                         Hewitt, Darkstar Magazine, 1985

 

                                                                                       Pair Leading an Event-ful Existence by Paul                        J. Raupp, The Lexington Herald-Leader                                Newspaper, May 30, 1985

 

                                                                                       Poetry in Motion by Helen Barrett, The                     Horse Magazine, August 1986 (Australian)

     

                                                                                 Kim and The Gray Goose Have Done It              All Together, by John Strassburger, The                           Chronicle of the Horse, 1986

 

                                                                                 The Gray Goose, One of the 50 Most                                                                  Influential Horses of the 20^th Century, (staff),                The Chronicle of the Horse, December 24,                                           1999

 

                                 A Trio of Teachers—Gideon Goodheart,            Kim Walnes, and The Gray Goose, by         Susan Ajamian, Natural Horse Magazine,               Vol 2, Issue 7, 2001

 

I have been featured on the covers of the following magazines:

 

                                                                                      USCTA News, April 1980, and August 1982

 

                                                                                      The Chronicle of the Horse, May 21, 1982

 

                                                                                      Dressage and CT, November 1982

 

                                                                                      Horse Play, June 1983

 

                                                                                      Practical Horseman, July 1984

 

                                                                                      Natural Horse, Vol 2, Issue 5, 2000

 

                                                                                      The Official Poster of the Rolex International      Three Day Event, 1982

 

                                                                                      The Program of the Rolex Kentucky        International Three Day Event, 1983

 

Also Featured in:                                                       National advertisement for Merck Horse             Products, 1966

 

                                                                                      National Ralston-Purina advertisement, 1985

 

                                                                                      Appeared in a national ad for  Crysler Le           Baron, 1985

 

                                                                                      Two calendars:  Gamecock Horse Calendar,    1982, and Dressage and CT Calendar, 1982