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Diane Crump, the first female jockey to ride in the Kentucky Derby, dies at 77

Posted 1/2/26

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. Her daughter says …

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