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Message: [QUOTE="nwhoopfan, post: 3602274, member: 7894"] "Ride Like a Girl" is based on a true story about a female jockey in Australia. Stars Teresa Palmer and Sam Neill (wow, I had absolutely no idea he's a Kiwi until I looked him up just now) played a significant role, other than that didn't recognize any of the actors. A little slow to start but a good story, well done I thought. Palmer is the youngest of 10 kids, her mom died right after she was born. Neill is the dad. Almost all of the kids go on to be jockeys, the boys and the girls. As the youngest Palmer feels like she's always fighting for attention or respect or to be taken seriously. She ends up riding in the Melbourne Cup, which I gathered is about as big of a deal in Australia as one of the Triple Crown races is here. She was in the 155th annual race and was only the 5th female jockey to ever appear. I won't spoiler the ending. [/QUOTE]