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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Sally Ride became the first woman in space on the Shuttle Challenger
The first American lady to travel in space was Sally Ride.
No woman has been on the moon, yet - only twelve men, and only Americans. She was the first American woman to go into space. The first woman to go into space was a Russian - Valentina Tereshkova - in 1963, twenty years before Sally Ride made it.
Ronald Reagan was president when Sally Ride became the first American woman in space in 1983.
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Diane Crump rode Fathom in the 1970 Kentucky Derby
The first year that a woman entered a horse in the Kentucky Derby was 1904. Her name was Laska Durnell. Her horse, Elwood, won the Derby that year.
Oliver Lewis [1856 - 1924] was the first African American jockey to ride in the Kentucky Derby. In fact, he rode the blood-red chestnut Aristides in the very first Derby. On that afternoon of May 17, 1875, horse and jockey rode to victory.
Sally ride was the first woman to go into space.
The first jockey to ride seven Derby winners was Sir Gordon Richards. He achieved this remarkable feat in the 20th century, with his victories spanning from 1920 to 1952. Richards is celebrated as one of the greatest jockeys in horse racing history, and his record in the Derby remains a significant milestone in the sport.
A horse named Elwood won the thirtieth Kentucky Derby in 1904. Elwood was the first horse bred and owned by a woman to win the Derby.
She was the first woman in space.
Sally Ride was the first American woman in space, when she flew aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983.
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Sally Ride was the first American woman in space that is why she is famous
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