A lover of horses since she was a child, she helped women jockeys break into the world of professional horse racing ...

Diane Crump, who in 1969 became the first woman to ride professionally in a horse race and a year later became the first ...

Jockey Diane Crump is the first woman to ride in the Kentucky Derby. Photo by Jay Thomas, Courier Journal. April 29, 1970 Courier Journal Diane Crump Photo2 Photo by Jay Thomas via Imagn Content ...

Diane Crump, the first woman to ride as a jockey in the Kentucky Derby, has died. She was 77. Crump passed away Thursday, according to a GoFundMe page started by her daughter, Della Payne. She had ...

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, died Thursday night. She was 77.

Diane Crump, a jockey who in 1970 became the first woman to ride in the Kentucky Derby, died Thursday in Winchester, Virginia. She was 77. Her death was announced by her daughter, Della Payne, who ...