Diane Crump became the first woman to ride in the Kentucky Derby in 1970. Diane Crump, the first woman to ride professionally at a major Thoroughbred track and the first female jockey to ride in the ...

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. 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 ...