Rough Magic: Riding the world’s wildest horse race Audiobook (Free)

Penguin presents the audiobook release of Tough Magic written by Lara Prior-Palmer, browse by Tamaryn Payne.

‘[Prior-Palmer’s] gorgeous, sensual depiction of this race is usually a literary marvel; it feels like you are using alongside her over the desolate steppes; her verbal acuity makes vibrant the most elusive of scenery; her triumph turns into ours’ NYLON

The Mongol Derby is the world’s toughest horse race. A feat of stamina across the vast Mongolian plains once traversed with the folks of about Rough Magic: Operating the world’s wildest horse race Genghis Khan, rivals trip 25 horses across a length of 1000km. Many riders don’t make it to the final line.

In 2013 Lara Prior-Palmer – nineteen, underprepared but seeking the great unknown – made a decision to enter the race. Driven by her very own restlessness, stubbornness, and a lifelong like of horses, she raced for seven days through extreme temperature and terrifying storms, catching a few hours of rest where she could in the homes of nomadic family members. Battling rounds of illness and dehydration, exhaustion and bruising falls, she discovered she had nothing to lose, and tore through the field with her motley crew of horses. In one of the Derby’s most unpredicted results, she became the youngest-ever champ and the first woman to earn the race.

An account of adventure, fortitude and poetry, Rough Magic is the incredible story of one youthful woman’s encounter with oblivion, and herself.