Overview
- Della Payne announced her mother's death on Jan. 1 via a GoFundMe update, confirming the 2025 brain cancer diagnosis and hospice care.
- Crump broke U.S. racing’s gender barrier in 1969 by riding professionally at Hialeah Park after securing a jockey license.
- Her Hialeah debut unfolded under security protection as several male jockeys refused to ride, highlighting the resistance she faced.
- She rode Fathom in the 1970 Kentucky Derby and finished 15th, and only a few women have competed in the race since.
- Across 1,682 starts she won 228 races and earned over $1.2 million, later running an equine sales business and volunteering with therapy dogs as Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby Museum led tributes.