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Life As I Know It: Now a major film 'Ride Like a Girl'

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Life As I Know It: Now a major film 'Ride Like a Girl'

In Life As I Know It, Michelle Payne tells her deeply moving story. Michelle was put on a horse aged four. At five years old her dream was to win the Melbourne Cup, and at thirty she rode into history as the first female jockey to win the Cup.

Extraordinary story of the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup.

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Extraordinary story of the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup.

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.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780522876024

Publisher: Melbourne University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 August 2019

Country: Australia

Imprint: Melbourne University Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 195.0mm

Weight: 284g

Pages: 264

About the Author

Michelle Payne entered racing aged 15. She won the Melbourne Cup in 2015 on the local one-hundred-to-one horse, Prince of Penzance, trained by Darren Weir and strapped by her brother Stevie. John Harms is a Melbourne-based writer, historian, and broadcaster.

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