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British equestrian

Lara Prior-Palmer (born 24 June 1994) is an athlete and writer. She is the niece of British equestrian Lucinda Green.

Mongol Derby

In 2013 Prior-Palmer became the first woman to win the Mongol Derby, the world's longest horse race, as well as the youngest person ever to complete it. Her autobiography Rough Magic, recounting her experience competing in the race, was published in 2019. The memoir received positive reviews in The Washington Post and The Daily Telegraph: Sarah Moss, writing in The Guardian, stated: "It's the resistance to the obvious narratives that makes Rough Magic so appealing: the book undermines lazy women-in-the-wilderness tropes at every turn."

References

  1. "Briton reflects on Mongol Derby win". BBC Sport. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  2. Attwooll, Jolyon (12 August 2013). "Briton becomes first woman to win Mongol Derby". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  3. Dunwoody, Richard (10 August 2013). "Lara Prior-Palmer wins the Mongol Derby 2013 in dramatic fashion". the Adventurist. Archived from the original on 17 August 2013.
  4. Lara Prior-Palmer (6 July 2019). Rough Magic: Riding the world's wildest horse race. Ebury Press. ISBN 9781785038853.
  5. Robins, Ellie (30 May 2019). "At 19, on a whim, she entered the world's most grueling horse race — and won". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  6. Brown, Helen (13 July 2019). "How to win the world's wildest horse race — as told in one of 2019's best memoirs". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  7. Moss, Sarah (8 June 2019). "Rough Magic by Lara Prior-Palmer review – winning at 19 a 600-mile horse race". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
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