Diane Crump, the first female jockey to race in the Kentucky Derby, has died from an aggressive form of brain cancer. She was ...

"She will forever be respected and fondly remembered in horse racing lore," said Mike Anderson, president of Churchill Downs Racetrack.

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Diane Crump, the pioneering jockey who in 1970 became the first female to ride in the Kentucky Derby, died Jan. 1, her ...

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Diane Crump died on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, according to a post on a GoFundMe by her daughter, Della Payne. She was 77. Crump ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Diane Crump, the first female jockey to compete in the Kentucky Derby, has died at the age of 77. Crump ...