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 ...

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.

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, 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 ...