Trailblazing female jockey Diane Crump dies aged 77
The horse racing icon became the first woman in history to ride in a professional horse race in 1969, before becoming the first female jockey to compete in the Kentucky Derby a year later.
Strategic Risk drew clear in early stretch and cruised to a 4 1/2-length score in the $250,000 Smarty Jones Stakes Jan. 3 at Oaklawn Park.
Winning a stakes like the Jan. 3 $139,500 Jerome Stakes at Aqueduct may earn a 3-year-old some Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve qualifying points but winning a one-turn mile like the Jerome and the testing 1 1/4-mile Kentucky Derby are light years apart.