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Diane Crump (born May 18, 1948 in Milford, Connecticut) is an American jockey and horse trainer. 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. [3]
May 4, 2024 · Diane Crump, the first female professional jockey (1969) and first woman to ride in the Kentucky Derby (1970). The pioneer rider shattered the glass ceiling for women on the horse racing saddle. Posted Saturday, May 4, 2024 8:00 am.
Sep 26, 2012 · Escorted by police, Diane Crump makes her way through the crowd at Hialeah Park Race Track in Florida on February 7, 1969. She became the first female jockey to compete in a professional...
May 4, 2019 · The Kentucky Derby’s first female jockey ignored insults and boycott threats. She just wanted to ride. Diane Crump was just 21 when she made horse-racing history. By Eliza McGraw. May 4,...
Aug 10, 2023 · History maker: Diane Crump with trainer Tom Calumet before becoming the first professional woman to ride against men in a race at Hialeah on February 7, 1969. Photo: Jim Raftery. Pioneering former jockey who in 1969 became the first professional woman rider to take part in a US pari-mutuel race answers our regular questionnaire.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - In 1969, Diane Crump became the first female jockey to ride in a parimutuel race. In 1970, she would become the first woman to ride in the Kentucky Derby at...
May 2, 2020 · Diane Crump, the lady jockey who was aboard Right Sean in the first race of the Kentucky Derby program on Saturday, sports a mud pack on her cap and face after winning the race on May 2, 1970...
