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Diane Crump, the first female jockey to ride in the Kentucky Derby, dies at 77
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Diane Crump, who in 1969 became the first woman to ride professionally in a horse race and a year later became the first female jockey in the Kentucky Derby, has died.
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Diane Crump, first woman to ride in the Kentucky Derby, dies at 77
Diane Crump, the pioneering jockey who made history as the first woman to ride professionally in a horse race in 1969 and subsequently became the first female jockey in the Kentucky Derby a year later, has died at the age of 77.