What is Diane Crump's birthdate?

Question

Need it for a school assignment, and I've looked everywhere!

Answer 1

Diane is close to 60 by now. We shared the same class together in grade school in Milford, Connecticut.

We were best friends in grade school, until she moved to Florida. My name is Nancy.

Although I cannot remember Diane's birthdate, I can give you the year she was born. It was 1948. Crump was her maiden name. It seems as if she kept it.

I have some other interesting information about her when she was a young girl growing up.



I used to sleep over Diane's house all the time. We were rarely apart back then. In her bedroom, the four walls were painted like a vast prairie. Diane's mother was an artist. On the prairie were horses. Brown ones and black ones.

Diane had two twin brothers, Bert and Ben.  She had a younger sister too. Diane was the oldest child in her family.

She was always very determined to live her dreams. And not afraid to work hard to achieve it. There was no telling her that horses would not be part of her future.

We both loved animals in general. But we were extremely passionate about horses. I guess that is why we bonded so well. Our world revolved around them. Everything we did pretty much related to them.

We lived a block or two from the beach on Long Island Sound. Quite often we would pretend to be riding wild stallions on a prairie as we raced along the sandy beach and jumped over the large rocks. This was how we would satisfy our fantasies.

We also liked to collect glass horses. They would entertain Diane and I for hours.  

Diane had a favorite. It was a white stallion. His mane was flowing with his head held high. His foot was lifted up like he was a graceful prancer. Diane's white horse was the most outstanding one out of both of our collections, which consisted of about thirty or more.

Diane moved to Oldsmar Florida near the end of seventh grade. It is not too far from Tampa.

When my grandmother moved to St. Petersburg, just across the bay, I was able to go down and visit with her.

She had bought her first horse by that time. It was a very huge pinto stallion. She was breeding it to keep up with her horse's living expenses.

Diane included me in her breeding adventure by her asking me to hold a mare for her. I agreed.

She opened the stable door and her giant stallion came charging out of his stall towards us. It made me nervous not knowing what would happen next.

Luckily the mare just stood still. There was no big fuss. This was how it all began with Diane in her first business with horses.

I remember Diane telling me how excited she was because she had new job breaking in young yearlings. This was a next step for her. It was the very beginning of what was to become the biggest break of her life.

Little did we both know that she was to become the first female jockey because of this new job. It would connect her with the right people. This brought her to the right place at the right time. Knowing Diane as I do, she had a determined way of talking her way into many things. With this gift, Diane Crump changed history forever.

We took one last horse ride together before I had to return home to Milford, Connecticut. I never got back to see her after that. It was our last time together.

I can understand why Diane is so dedicated in helping others get a horse of their own now.

She remembers how much it meant to have one. It was impossible, in our cozy, seaside town. Ordinances did not allow it.

Luckily for Diane, she got to move to a place that she could keep one. She worked hard to make it happen for herself. Then she went on become a legend, living her fondest dream.

I hope this information helps you. It is something that not many people know about Diane. But now you do.

If you can email Diane. She will be surpised to know I have shared our good times with you, and will be happy to tell you this is all true.

Good Luck with your project. I will sign off with my maiden name. Diane will recognize it.

Nancy Braunbeck

Answer 2

You may have to call and ask her.  Her website gives this contact information:

Diane Crump

Equine Sales, Inc.

Email: [e-mail]

Telephone: [phone]

She was married when she ran the race that put her in the history books so you might as well as what her maiden name was also.

It said she was 20 when she rode in 1969.