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 ...

DIDN’T LIVE AT THE HOME. HE WILL BE BACK IN COURT LATER THIS MONTH. THE FIRST WOMAN TO RIDE THE KENTUCKY DERBY HAS DIED, ACCORDING TO HER FAMILY. DIANE CRUMP PASSED AWAY ON NEW YEAR’S DAY. 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, has died. She was 77. Crump was diagnosed ...

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 ...