Lara Prior-Palmer
Lara Prior-Palmer (born 24 June 1994)[citation needed] is an athlete and writer. She is the niece of British equestrian Lucinda Green.[citation needed]
Mongol Derby
[edit]In 2013 Prior-Palmer became the first woman to win the Mongol Derby, the world's longest horse race,[1] as well as the youngest person ever to complete it.[2][3] Her autobiography Rough Magic, recounting her experience competing in the race, was published in 2019.[4] The memoir received positive reviews in The Washington Post[5] and The Daily Telegraph:[6] 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."[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Briton reflects on Mongol Derby win". BBC Sport. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ Attwooll, Jolyon (12 August 2013). "Briton becomes first woman to win Mongol Derby". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Lara Prior-Palmer (6 July 2019). Rough Magic: Riding the world's wildest horse race. Ebury Press. ISBN 9781785038853.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.