The horse racing world lost a trailblazer this week as Diane Crump, the first woman in U.S. history to compete in horse ...

Diane Crump died Thursday night in hospice care, her daughter said. The 77-year-old was diagnosed in October with an aggressive form of brain cancer.

Crump was the first female jockey to ride professionally in a U.S. horse race in 1969, and the first woman to ride in the ...

Diane Crump in 1969 became the first woman to ride professionally in a horse race and a year later became the first female ...

Diane Crump, first woman to ride in the Kentucky Derby, dies at 77 - She made history as the first woman to ride ...

Oct 25, 1972; Jockey Diane Crump takes a horse to the track for a morning workout in 1972,at Churchill downs. Crump became ...

Crump made history in May 2, 1970, riding Fathom in the 96th running of the Kentucky Derby, becoming the first female jockey ...