Ebook {Epub PDF} Rough Magic: Riding the Worlds Loneliest Horse Race by Lara Prior-Palmer

 · Palmer’s memoir of beating the odds to become a horse champion is an inspiring saga of perseverance—and a classic underdog tale." —Entertainment Weekly. At the age of nineteen, Lara Prior–Palmer discovered a website devoted to “the world’s longest, toughest horse race”―an annual competition of endurance and skill that involves dozens of riders racing a series of twenty–five wild Brand: Catapult. Rough Magic: Riding the World’s Loneliest Horse Race (Catapult) is Prior-Palmer’s tale not just about the race, but about her journey there and back. The Author: Lara Prior-Palmer. Lara Prior-Palmer was born in London in She studied conceptual history and Persian at Stanford bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 7 mins. At the age of nineteen, Lara Prior-Palmer discovered a website devoted to “the world’s longest, toughest horse race”—an annual competition of endurance and skill that involves dozens of riders racing a series of twenty-five wild ponies across 1, kilometers of Mongolian grassland. On a whim, she decided to enter the race.

Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race (Catapult) is Prior-Palmer's tale not just about the race, but about her journey there and back. The Author: Lara Prior-Palmer Lara Prior-Palmer was born in London in 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 Chinggis Khan—competitors ride 25 horses across a distance of km. Many riders don't make it to the finish line. In , Lara Prior-Palmer—nineteen, underprepared but seeking the great unknown—decided to enter the race. Lara Prior-Palmer signed up for the Mongol Derby—famously the world's toughest horse race—on a whim, a month before the start date. Other competitors had been preparing for a year, building their endurance and stamina. She won it. At nineteen, she was the youngest rider, and the first woman, ever to do so.

At the age of nineteen, Lara Prior–Palmer discovered a website devoted to “the world’s longest, toughest horse race”―an annual competition of endurance and skill that involves dozens of riders racing a series of twenty–five wild ponies across 1, kilometers of Mongolian grassland. At the age of nineteen, Lara Prior-Palmer discovered a website devoted to “the world’s longest, toughest horse race”—an annual competition of endurance and skill that involves dozens of riders racing a series of twenty-five wild ponies across 1, kilometers of Mongolian grassland. On a whim, she decided to enter the race. At the age of nineteen, Lara Prior-Palmer discovered a website devoted to "the world's longest, toughest horse race"—an annual competition of endurance and skill that involves dozens of riders racing a series of twenty-five wild ponies across 1, kilometers of Mongolian grassland. On a whim, she decided to enter the race.