Diane Crump, the pioneering jockey who in 1970 became the first female to ride in the Kentucky Derby, died Jan. 1, her ...

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

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

The horse racing world lost a trailblazer this week as Diane Crump, the first woman in U.S. history to compete in horse ...

Crump went on to win 228 races before riding her last race in 1998, a month shy of her 50th birthday and nearly 30 years ...

Pioneering jockey Diane Crump, who broke barriers as the first female rider in the Kentucky Derby in 1970, has died at 77 ...

Diane Crump died on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, according to a post on a GoFundMe by her daughter, Della Payne. She was 77. Crump ...

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, the first female jockey to race in the Kentucky Derby, has died from an aggressive form of brain cancer. She was ...

Oct 25, 1972; Jockey Diane Crump takes a horse to the track for a morning workout in 1972,at Churchill downs. Crump became ...