Diane Crump - Pioneering Female Jockey
The inspiring story of the first woman to ride in America's top horse race.
Sporting Witness · BBC World Service
January 21, 201910m 8s
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Show Notes
In 1970, Diane Crump became the first woman jockey to compete in the Kentucky Derby – the most prestigious horse race in the United States. It was the climax of a pioneering professional career in which Crump was initially booed and heckled by race-goers and even by some male jockeys. She talks to Simon Jarvis. The programme is a Whistledown Production for the BBC World Service.
PHOTO: Diane Crump, centre (Getty Images)