Diane Purcelli
grew
up in Madison, WI with a family background in horses. Her
passion for horses and speed events comes from her father’s side
of the family as they hosted a rodeo for over 40 years at their
ranch. She acquired her desire for learning all disciplines and
loving the English side from her mother who showed gaited
horses.
She has always been fascinated with
horses she participated in a variety of events from 4H Clubs to
High School, and IPRA Rodeos before graduation. She received a
Rodeo Scholarship at Black Hills State College in Spearfish, SD.
There she competed in Barrel Racing and was the Intercollegiate
Great Plains Goat Tying Champion and Qualified for NIRA Finals 3
years in Bozeman, MT.
Diane graduated with a B.S. double
major in Business and Accounting and worked as an Auditor for
the State of WI conducting municipality audits, then moved to
the private sector as an accountant.
Diane
also conducts seminars across the country with Nevada Joe the
only "NARHA Official Horse Ambassador" a "Wild Mustang" and
educating the public about the benefits of Equine Assisted
Activities. She also travels with Doc Holliday a Miniature
Horse that stands 35” tall goes to schools with his TROTS
program (Teaching Reading or Telling Stories with Doc) and
visits VA Hospitals across the country and rides the elevator
and visits patients in their rooms, while wearing his pink
skeecher tennis shoes.
Diane enjoys working all of her
horses with a lot of dressage exercises and the training methods
she has acquired from several other professionals over the
years. Ernie puts the finishing touches and seasons the horses
at the events and cattle drives or riding in the mountains. All
of the horses Team Rope - Barrel Race - Mounted Shoot and also
are used in the summer at their therapeutic center riding
camps, which she is a NARHA Certified Riding Instructor.
WOW ~ means Way out West for
Diane as she moved from Chicago, IL to a little town of 600
people in Darby, MT (Elev. 4,000 ft) and now spends the winters
in Aguila, AZ.
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