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Diane Crump, the pioneering Thoroughbred jockey whose riding breakthroughs set the stage for generations of female riders, died Jan. 1 at an inpatient hospice facility in Winchester, Va. She was 77.

At 4 years old, she was smitten. Diane Crump got on the back of a pony at the fair. When the ride was over, she did it again. And again. It was all horses for her after that.

Jan 9, 1992; Trainer/jockey Diane Crump, right, talks with jockey Dana Abell in the stables at Churchill Downs. Crump was the first female jockey to ride in a sanctioned draped hand as well as the ...

Diane Crump was the first woman to race horses professonally, starting her career in 1969 at Hialeah Park before becoming the first female jockey to compete in the Kentucky Derby a year later.

WASHINGTON — 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 ...

Crump, 77, debuted professionally at Hialeah Park on Feb. 7, 1969. A year later, she made history again, becoming the first female jockey to race in the Kentucky Derby. "I hope my mom's legacy of ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — 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 ...

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 ...