Kim’s story

Kimberly Kulesa is a Dressage Trainer, Coach, Competitor & Clinician.

USDF Bronze, Sliver, and Gold Medalist, Kimberly trains horses and riders to reach their individual goals and helps maximize their potential. Her students have been top in Hawaii, California and USDF year end award winners through the FEI levels.

Every year since 1985, Kim’s riders have competed and won USDF HOY year end awards at all levels. She and her students have earned countless HCTA championships from Training to Grand Prix. She has trained numerous horses to Grand Prix and dozens more through the various FEI levels. Those who have influenced early training and those she has studied with include Kyra Kyrklund, Dr. Reiner Klimke, Christina Stuckelburger, Tom Poulin,  Albert Gesierich,  Herbert Lange,  and Linda Tellington Jones, USA. Current influences include- Christine Traurig,  Steffan Peters, and David Hunt and Jan Ebeling.

Fox Canyon Amenities Include:

• 3 Full-Sized Dressage Courts

• 200’ x 300’ Arena

• 150’ x 200’ Arena used as an additional dressage arena

• Covered Round Pen

• European Hot Walker

• Lighted arenas for evening riding

• Half Covered & Full Covered 24’x24’ Mare Motel

• 12’x12', 12’x15’, 12’x24’ Box Stalls with Premium Mattress Systems

Our arenas feature world-class GGT-Footing™ which is dragged and watered twice daily. Horses are fed premium hay 3x daily. Stalls and automatic waterers are cleaned and checked daily. Large turnouts are available with a choice of irrigated grass or sand paddocks. Nine barns provide a variety of stabling options from the popular half- or full-covered 24’ x 24’ mare motels to indoor finished box stalls featuring StableComfort™ mattress systems. 

For more information please visit www.FoxCanyonFarm.com

MADELEINE WOODMAN

ASSISTANT TRAINER

Kim took Madeleine under her wing when Madeleine was only 12 years old. To help acheive Madeleine's dream of becoming a horse trainer, Kim helped train and mold Madeleine into the very talented rider and trainer that she is today. Madeleine is a Bronze, Silver and Gold Medalist, who competed at her first Grand Prix at the age of 18. Madeleine specializes in bringing horses up the levels through FEI.

AYSHA BANOS

WORKING STUDENT

Aysha uses horsemanship and her skills from gentling mustangs to create a deep connection with horses. This connection goes deeper than solely riding, creating a cohesive enjoyment for both horse and rider on the journey to upper-level dressage. With a firm belief that training starts from the ground up, Aysha has over 7 years of experience training horses and 16 years of experience riding, she has devoted her career to refining the nuanced relationship between rider and horse.

MARIE HERRON

WORKING STUDENT

Marie Herron is a dressage rider currently undertaking her BSC in Equestrian Sports Science degree in the UK at Hartpury College. She plans on using this degree to better understand the horse and rider interaction and comes to work for Kim in the summers and during holiday vacations.