Rochelle ‘Shelly’
Temple, a
native of West Chester, PA, lives in Powhatan, Virginia with her husband/navigator Fran Doto.
She teaches carriage driving and trains horses at her Catalyst
Driving Center, as well as working
for her family’s freight company. Her daughter, Kana Grogan, is also a horsewoman.
Shelly was a member of the Bronze Medal
winning US Team for the World Pony Driving Championship held in Denmark
in July, 2007. Individually, she was second in dressage, with one of only two scores in the thirties at the competition. She
finished tenth overall.
Shelly drives LR Ami B-Line, known as Cooper,
a nine year old Morgan gelding that she trained herself. She has been competing in combined driving events since 1997. Starting
her horse career as a teenager she foxhunted, showed hunters, evented and competed at FEI level in dressage, was the show
manager of Dressage at Devon for several years, and served as the president of the Delaware
Valley Combined Training Association. Among other interests, she is a licensed Master Skydiver, an American Driving Society
and USEF judge, a member of the ADS Licensed Officials Committee, and a board member of the Old Dominion Morgan Horse Association.
