Diane Crump, the first female jockey to ride in the Kentucky Derby in 1970, has died. She was 77. Crump died on Jan. 1 in Winchester, Virginia, her daughter, Della Payne, announced in a GoFundMe post.

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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.