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Kentucky Horse Tales
(Hardcover)
Ercel Ellis; Foreword by Robert W. Copelan Dvm; Introduction by Michael and Old Friends Blowen
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Now a major motion picture starring Sam Neill In Life As I Know It,
Michelle Payne tells her deeply moving story. It will lift your
spirits, stir your heart and give you courage. Michelle was put on
a horse aged four. At five years old her dream was to win the
Melbourne Cup. At thirty she rode into history as the first female
jockey to win the Cup. It was a moment that inspired everyone who
dreams of beating the odds.
The Mongol Derby is the world's toughest horse race. A feat of endurance across the vast Mongolian plains once traversed by the people of Genghis Khan, competitors ride 25 horses across a distance of 1000km. Many riders don't make it to the finish line.
In 2013 Lara Prior-Palmer - nineteen, underprepared but seeking the great unknown - decided to enter the race. Driven by her own restlessness, stubbornness, and a lifelong love of horses, she raced for seven days through extreme heat and terrifying storms, catching a few hours of sleep where she could at the homes of nomadic families. Battling bouts of illness and dehydration, exhaustion and bruising falls, she found she had nothing to lose, and tore through the field with her motley crew of horses. In one of the Derby's most unexpected results, she became the youngest-ever champion and the first woman to win the race.
A tale of adventure, fortitude and poetry, Rough Magic is the extraordinary story of one young woman's encounter with oblivion, and herself.
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