Life As I Know It Updated Edition eBook Michelle Payne John Harms
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"In Life As I Know It, Michelle Payne tells her deeply moving story. It will lift your spirits, stir your heart and give you courage.
Michelle was six months old, the youngest of eleven children, when the family was hit with the tragic death of their mother, Mary. Their father, Paddy, a renowned horseman, raised his children alone. As a family, they all took on the daily demands of racehorses and a dairy farm as well as school and work. Family meant everything.
Michelle was put on a horse aged four. At five years old her dream was to win the Melbourne Cup. At thirty she rode into history as the first female jockey to win the Cup on the outsider, Prince of Penzance. Her strapper was her brother, Stevie. So when she declared that anyone who said women couldn't compete with men in the racing industry could 'get stuffed', the nation stood up and cheered. It was a moment that inspired everyone who dreams of beating the odds.
Michelle’s hallmark grit and determination were needed in the year after her historic win. She took out her jockey/trainer licence while continuing the punishing regime of being a jockey. But a dramatic fall resulting in a split pancreas meant her year was filled with more rehab and reflection than rides."
Life As I Know It Updated Edition eBook Michelle Payne John Harms
I really enjoyed reading this book. Michelle has been a real ground-breaker as far as women jockeys are concerned. The glory of winning comes at the end of a hard-fought battle right from the start. Michelle grew up in a very loving family with Stevie her lovely Down's Syndrome brother and playmate. Her father was a great mentor for her and very down-to-earth. He kept the family together after her mother died in a car accident when Michelle was a very young baby. I admired the way she came back after some terrible injuries to follow her dream of winning the Melbourne Cup. If you have an interest in horse racing, there is a lot of 'horsey' talk which didn't interest me very much, but was all part of her story. I would recommend this book as a interesting and very easy to read story of Michelle Payne's life, so far.Product details
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Life As I Know It Updated Edition eBook Michelle Payne John Harms Reviews
On 3 November 2015, Michelle Payne (aged 30) became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup. Michelle rode a local horse, Prince of Penzance, an outsider with odds of 100 to 1. Michelle’s win may have taken the international racing world by surprise, but Michelle had spent most of her life working towards this win.
Michelle Payne was six months old, the youngest of eleven children, when her mother Mary died. Her father, Paddy Payne raised his family, with the older children pitching in to help. As a family, they managed a dairy farm and racehorses as well as home and attending school. As a family, every one pitched in. At the age of 5, Michelle’s dream was to win the Melbourne Cup. By the age of 7 she was doing track work. Michelle was 15 when she first raced. She won her first race in Ballarat, on a horse trained by her father. She won her first Group One Race in October 2009. Michelle was the third female jockey to ride in the Caulfield Cup, and also had a ride in the 2009 Melbourne Cup.
Over her career, Michelle has had a number of bad falls resulting in dreadful injuries, and has worked hard to recover and get back on the horse.
In this book, written with John Harms, Michelle writes of her life as the youngest of a large family, of the challenges of being a jockey, of the opportunities she had and the difficulties she faced. It’s an uplifting story the story of a resilient young woman, part of a close-knit family, determined to succeed. And who, amongst us, who saw the Melbourne Cup race in 2015 can forget the elation of Michelle and her brother, Stevie, when Prince of Penzance won? Or Michelle’s declaration that anyone who said women couldn’t compete with men in the racing industry ‘could get stuffed’?
Michelle’s story is about resilience, about believing in yourself, about remaining positive in the face of adversity. It’s also a story about a family working together to support each other.
‘I finally got a chance to ring Dad, too. ‘How’d you go?’ he asks. ‘Well, I got to pack my bags and come home,’ I say. He laughs.’
I enjoyed reading this book, learning more about Michelle Payne, her family, and her drive to succeed. I’d recommend this book to anyone wanting to know more about the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup, or simply wanting to read a heart-warming story of triumph over adversity.
Note My thanks to NetGalley and Melbourne University Publishing for providing me with a free electronic copy of this memoir for review purposes.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith
4★
Whether you saw the 2015 Melbourne Cup or not, if you’re an Aussie, you can’t possibly have missed the media coverage of the pretty, delightful Michelle Payne who rode the winner in what felt like a movie. I say “pretty, delightful” because that’s what people probably noticed. Many of us didn’t know who she was, except she was the only female rider in the Cup race.
And next we noticed her best mate, Stevie, the Payne family’s Little Boy to her Little Girl. Stevie has Downs Syndrome and was one of Prince of Penzance’s strappers. Win-win! The family is full of jockeys and trainers, but her dad said the Little Girl might beat the lot of them. And Stevie drew Barrier One for the race. Even a scriptwriter wouldn’t dare add that!
She didn’t get there by accident, but by guts and determination. Her whole family is involved in horses and racing, and this book will have special meaning for anyone in or around this challenging business. As kids, they worked hard with all the horses and on the family dairy farm near Ballarat. A kid at school asked the teacher why the Paynes could get away with being late, and she said “Well, the whole family’s done half a day’s work before your alarm’s gone off.”
Read this book, and find out what made her who she is a Swiss-born mum and an Irish dad who had 8 kids in New Zealand before they moved the family to Australia and had 3 more. She’s got the fierce determination of another famous Swiss sports star, Roger Federer (whom she quotes as saying “It’s nice to be important but it’s more important to be nice”, a motto she has taken to heart.
But she also has the look-on-the-bright-side perspective of her Irish father who always reminds her after a bad race “At least you got to pack your bags and come home.”
How Paddy maintained this outlook and kept the family together is a story in itself. Michelle’s mum died in a car crash when Michelle was only 6 months old, so her 11-year old sister did the night feeds, while the older sisters (15 and 16), who were already out of school and apprenticed to Paddy, took over the mother duties. Big family, small house, lots of work, not enough beds.
Many times over the last ten years, Michelle wasn’t able to pack her bags and come home. She had dreadful falls, two completely freakish ones where the horses just fell and flung her forward for no apparent reason—torpedoed into the turf, the news reports said. She suffered from a badly shaken brain to the point that she lost a grasp on reality. The only thing she could talk about coherently was horses and riding. The doctor reckoned it was because that was so deeply ingrained in her.
As I write this (June 2016), Michelle is recovering after what some say could be a career-ending fall at Mildura. [...]...
As she stresses throughout the book
- “Racing is dangerous. There is no point dressing it up, or trying to suggest otherwise …
- If a galloping horse falls on you, you cop the full force of that energy …
- Horses are flight animals, which can make them erratic, and a panicked racehorse, however well trained, will be too strong for any rider …
- As dramatic as it may sound, when jockeys leave the mounting yard they know that they might not come back.”
Mostly, she didn’t remember anything about the falls that did all the damage. She has broken vertebrae, ribs, had lengthy recovery times, but never thought of quitting. She has nothing but praise and gratitude for the help she received.
“We talk about sportspeople being heroic, but it’s those who work in medicine and other caring professions who deserve the most praise. I just ride a horse around in circles.”
There’s a lot more to it than riding around in circles. We read about the starvation and dehydration to hit the weigh-in target. Riders compete hungry, thirsty, dizzy – no glamour here.
A lot of the story revolves around her dad, sisters, brothers, her friends from Loreto (Catholic school), and the day-to-day. She went with friends to work with African orphans, a life-changing trip that saw her continue to support people there. She realised how lucky she was, doing what she loved. Her losing her mother, working so hard, sleeping so little, was nothing in comparison.
John Harms has done a wonderful job of working with Michelle to tell her story in the first person in her voice. Thanks so much to NetGalley and Melbourne University Publishing for a copy for review.
Loved reading this book.
Very interesting and informative story.
Excellent reading. Very hard to put down when started.
Poor writing.
This is a wonderful read. What a life. Good luck to Michelle.
I really enjoyed reading this book. Michelle has been a real ground-breaker as far as women jockeys are concerned. The glory of winning comes at the end of a hard-fought battle right from the start. Michelle grew up in a very loving family with Stevie her lovely Down's Syndrome brother and playmate. Her father was a great mentor for her and very down-to-earth. He kept the family together after her mother died in a car accident when Michelle was a very young baby. I admired the way she came back after some terrible injuries to follow her dream of winning the Melbourne Cup. If you have an interest in horse racing, there is a lot of 'horsey' talk which didn't interest me very much, but was all part of her story. I would recommend this book as a interesting and very easy to read story of Michelle Payne's life, so far.
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