
Life As I Know It
Melbourne University Press
Published on 13. April 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
277 pages
978-0-522-87014-5 (ISBN)
Description
Michelle Payne rode into history as the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup. She and her 100-to-1 local horse Prince of Penzance took the international racing world by surprise but hers was no overnight success story. Michelle was first put on a horse aged four. At five years old her dream was to ride in the Melbourne Cup and win it. By seven she was doing track work. All of the ten Payne children learned to ride racehorses but Michelle has stayed the distance. She has ridden the miles, done the dawn training, fallen badly and each time got back on the horse. So when she declared that anyone who said women couldn't compete in the industry could 'get stuffed', the nation stood up and cheered. Michelle has the audacity to believe she can succeed against all the odds. Her story is about hope triumphing over adversity, and how resilience and character made a winner.
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Edition
Main edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Carlton
Australia
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
373 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-522-87014-5 (9780522870145)
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Michelle Payne entered racing aged 15, winning her first race in Ballarat on a horse trained by her father. Michelle was only the third femalejockey to ride in the Caulfield Cup, one of Australia's most prestigious horse races. In 2010 Payne rode Yosei to victory in the Thousand Guineas at Caulfield.
John Harms is a Melbourne-based writer, historian, and broadcaster. He appears on ABC TV's Offsiders and is the editor of the popular sports writing site www.footyalmanac.com.au.
John Harms is a Melbourne-based writer, historian, and broadcaster. He appears on ABC TV's Offsiders and is the editor of the popular sports writing site www.footyalmanac.com.au.