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Diane Crump, the first female jockey to ride in the Kentucky Derby, has been diagnosed with aggressive brain cancer.

Crump made history in 1969 as the first woman to race professionally in the U.S. and rode in the Kentucky Derby in 1970.

Throughout her career, she won 228 races and overcame significant gender bias to compete in the sport she loved.

Her family has started a GoFundMe to help with medical expenses for palliative care at her home in Virginia.

Diane Crump, the first female jockey to ride in the Kentucky Derby , has been diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer.

Crump has chosen to live out her final days at home in Virginia through palliative care, according to a GoFundMe page her family created geared at raising funds for her medica

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