- In 1960, was named Horsewoman of the year by the American Horse Shows Association.
In 1990, Kathy was inducted into The Show Jumping Hall of Fame.
In 2000, she was named one of the 50 most influential horsemen of the 20th century by The Chronicle of the Horse and The American Horse Shows Association.
Also in 2000, she was inducted into the Virginia Horse Shows Association Hall of Fame.
In 2005, she received the Pegasus Medal of Honor from the United States Equestrian Federation.
In 2005, she was also inducted into the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame.
In 2012, Kathy was a recipient of the John Henry "Pop" Lloyd Humanitarian award.
In 2016, she was inducted into the California Professional Horseman's Association Hall of Fame. - Named Horsewoman of the Year before joining the United States Equestrian Team at the age of 21.
- Was also the first woman to ride in the Maryland Hunt Cup, the toughest timber race in the world. ABC Television filmed an award-winning documentary in Saratoga about her being the first woman in modern times to ride in a steeplechase at the racetrack.
- Mounted a successful legal case in 1968 to become the first licensed female jockey in the United States. Since the age of 16, she had been regularly winning unrecognized flat and timber races. As a licensed jockey, she rode races up and down the eastern seaboard and Canada and became the first licensed female jockey to ride races in Mexico, Germany, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Panama, South Africa, and what was then Rhodesia.
- Representing the United States, she rode in three Olympic Games Tokyo in 1964, Mexico City in 1968, and Munich in 1972 (silver medal). She was also a member of the United States team in two Pan American Games Sao Paulo in 1963 (gold medal) and Winnipeg in 1967 (silver medal).
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