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'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. He also wrote The Pearl: Steve Renouf's Story and has edited nine editions of The Footy Almanac annual. His books include Confessions of a Thirteenth Man, Memoirs of a Mug Punter, and Loose Men Everywhere, which now form the omnibus Play On, the second edition of which was released in March 2016. At thirty she rode into history as the first female jockey to win the Cup. At five years old her dream was to win the Melbourne Cup. It will lift your spirits, stir your heart and give you courage. John Harms is a Melbourne-based writer, historian, and broadcaster. Michelle Payne tells her deeply inspiring autobiographical story of motivation and hope in the world of Australian horse racing. In Life As I Know It, Michelle Payne tells her deeply moving story. In 2010 Payne rode Yosei to victory in the Thousand Guineas at Caulfield. I would like to say that, you know, its a very male-dominated sport and. This also led her to a ride in the 2009 Melbourne Cup, once again riding Cummings' Allez Wonder. In 2015 Michelle Payne became the first female jockey on Prince of Penzance to. Michelle was only the third female jockey to ride in the Caulfield Cup, one of Australia's most prestigious horse races. Michelle won her first Group One race, the Toorak Handicap at Caulfield Racecourse aboard Allez Wonder on 10 October 2009 and trainer Bart Cummings offered her the ride at the Caulfield Cup the following week.

Michelle Payne entered racing aged 15, winning her first race in Ballarat on a horse trained by her father.

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