In 1968, a few women, mockingly labeled "jockettes" by a skeptical
press, had begun demanding the right to apply for jockey licenses,
citing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which banned discrimination in
hiring based on race, religion, sex, or national origin. Most of
their applications were rejected by racing's bureaucracy, which
alleged that women were unqualified to participate due to "physical
limitations" and "emotional instability." Female jockeys who
attempted to ride met with boycotts by male jockeys. Onto this
uneven terrain stepped 20-year-old Diane Crump, who had long since
demonstrated her riding proficiency during a thousand workout rides
on a thousand difficult Thoroughbreds ("I basically got on all the
horses that no one else wanted to ride"). On February 7, 1969,
having been granted a permit to ride at Florida's Hialeah
Racetrack, Crump, surrounded by a protective phalanx of police
officers, walked calmly toward the saddling enclosure as she
endured heckles from the crowd. Diane's mount would not earn
victory that day, but the young rider had earned a more fundamental
prize: the right to compete in her chosen field. Just over a year
later, on May 2, 1970, after 95 years and 1,055 all-male entrants,
Diane Crump shattered tradition by becoming the first woman to ride
in the Kentucky Derby. Over her career she amassed 235 wins.
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