Table of Contents
Introduction: A Woman in the Starting Gate ix
Chapter 1 An "Idyllic" Childhood 1
Chapter 2 Buckshot, Patches, and Lulu 9
Chapter 3 Sneaking into the Stables 15
Chapter 4 The Race to Be the First 29
Chapter 5 Under the Wire and into the History Books 49
Chapter 6 A Wild Ride in Puerto Rico 55
Chapter 7 A Victory Disappears 61
Chapter 8 Still a Non-Winner-But Not for Long 69
Chapter 9 The Kentucky Derby-Female Riders Need Not Apply 81
Chapter 10 The Run for the Roses 89
Chapter 11 And Nine Thousand Miles Away: Bert Crump's Story 101
Chapter 12 A Historic Career-and a Frustrating One 107
Chapter 13 Retirement, a Daughter, a Divorce … and a Terrible Accident 125
Chapter 14 Back in the Saddle Again 139
Chapter 15 A Mother Like No Other 147
Chapter 16 "There's No Business like Horse Business" 155
Chapter 17 Diane Crump-Today and Tomorrow 163
Afterword: A Message from Diane Crump 175
Appendix 1 The Class of '69 179
Appendix 2 Diane Crump's Arlington Cemetery Speech 181
Acknowledgments 183
Notes 187
Bibliography 195
Index 199