Diane Crump

Diane Crump was an American jockey and horse trainer. In 1969 Crump was the first woman to ride in a pari-mutuel race in the United States; her participation in the event was so contested that she required a full police escort through the crowds at the Hialeah Park Race Track. In 1970 she became the first woman to ride in the Kentucky Derby. Crump briefly retired in 1985 to become a horse trainer, but returned to riding and was a professional jockey until retiring in 1999. She ran an equine sale