Lara Prior-Palmer (born 24 June 1994) is an athlete and writer. She is the niece of British equestrian

Lucinda Green Lucinda Jane Green (née Prior-Palmer, born 7 November 1953) is a British equestrian and journalist who competed in eventing. She is the 1982 World Champion and twice European Champion (1975–77). She also won World tea ...

Mongol Derby

In 2013 Prior-Palmer became the first woman to win the

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, the world's longest horse race, as well as the youngest person ever to complete it. Her autobiography ''Rough Magic'', recounting her experience competing in the race, was published in 2019. The memoir received positive reviews in ''

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, writing in ''

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'', 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."

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