The Derby’s First Female Jockey – Diane Crump
Someone was going to be the first, the first woman jockey. In 1964, a petite 16-year-old dynamo received her license to gallop thoroughbreds at Sunshine Park (now Tampa Bay Downs). It was never her intent to break down sexist’s barriers, she just wanted to race horses. By 1969 Diane Crump had achieved her dream of [...]