Life as i know it michelle payne6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() She suffered further injuries, breaking a wrist and smashing an ankle in other race falls. ![]() At 18 Payne fractured her skull and suffered bruising on the brain when she fell head-first in a Melbourne race. She comes from a family steeped in racing pedigree, with only two other siblings not becoming jockeys. Payne, the youngest of 10 children, was just six months old when her mother Mary was killed in a car crash. "I was actually clipping his heels, I was going that good but I didn't want to check him and then he just got into the straight and burst clear and it was unreal." "I got on to the back of Trip To Paris, he took me into the race. "From the 1,000 (metres) everything just opened up," she said. But Payne said she knew her unheralded mount was going to challenge as they headed towards the home turn. ![]() Prince of Penzance, a six-year-old gelding, came into Australia's biggest race with little fanfare despite winning one of the lead-up races, the Moonee Valley Gold Cup, over a week ago. Talking to Australia's Channel Seven, she praised trainer Darren Weir and owner John Richards for their support and added: "I want to say to everyone else, get stuffed, because women can do anything and we can beat the world." "I believe that we don't get enough of a go and hopefully this will help." ![]()
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