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 Diane Crump

Diane Crump on Bridle 'n Bit

Did ride in 1969

At Hialeah, stirred a fit

For daring cross the gender line,

That professional jockeys be

Only of the male persuasion,

Could include only he not she.

But she was a determined one,

With police escort made her way

Through an angry mob to her horse.

She did not win the race that day,

But set for females a new course.

Diane Crump, the first jockey Ms.

In the macho horseracing biz.