Rough Magic by Lara Prior-Palmer6/20/2023 ![]() In one of the Derby's most unexpected results, she became the youngest-ever champion and the first woman to win the race.Ī tale of adventure, fortitude and poetry, Rough Magic is the extraordinary story of one young woman's encounter with oblivion, and herself. Battling bouts of illness and dehydration, exhaustion and bruising falls, she found she had nothing to lose, and tore through the field with her motley crew of horses. ![]() Driven by her own restlessness, stubbornness, and a lifelong love of horses, she raced for seven days through extreme heat and terrifying storms, catching a few hours of sleep where she could at the homes of nomadic families. In 2013 Lara Prior-Palmer – nineteen, underprepared but seeking the great unknown – decided to enter the race. Many riders don't make it to the finish line. A tale of adventure, fortitude and poetry, Rough Magic is the extraordinary story of one young womans encounter with oblivion, and herself. ![]() A feat of endurance across the vast Mongolian plains once traversed by the people of Genghis Khan, competitors ride 25 horses across a distance of 1000km. In one of the Derbys most unexpected results, she became the youngest-ever champion and the first woman to win the race. ![]() The Mongol Derby is the world's toughest horse race. ![]() ' gorgeous, sensual depiction of this race is a literary marvel it feels like you are riding alongside her across the desolate steppes her verbal acuity makes vivid the most elusive of landscapes her triumph becomes ours' NYLON Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Rough Magic written by Lara Prior-Palmer, read by Tamaryn Payne. ![]()
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