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Diane Crump
The first woman to ride in the Kentucky Derby was Diane Crump in 1970. She finished 15th in a field of 17 horses aboard Fathom. Diane was also the first female jockey to ever ride in a thoroughbred race in 1969 at Hialeah Park, Florida.

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