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... not too many jockeys, if any, so you need to be a legend or achieve something pretty spectacular to qualify. A truly inspirational story, if you need a fix of happiness with a tear or two thrown in, or some motivation to take the next step to achieving your dreams, look no further than here.

Michelle Payne is real, she grew up as the youngest of 10 after her mother was tragically killed in a car wreck in 1986 when Payne was only 6 months old. Her dad was a trainer, she grew up with horses, her ambition always was to be a jockey.

I like Teresa Palmer, she is in the role as Michelle Payne and even looks a bit like her. This is a really well-made movie of a great story. It isn't just horse racing, it spends a good amount of time on family dynamics too.

My wife and I watched it on DVD from our public library.

Greetings from Lithuania.

The first 15 min or so of "Ride Like a Girl" (2019) were not very promising. I thought it was very cheesy and will be by a number movie about a sports i really didn't care at all. Yet despite that, this movie started grow on me little by little. Then somewhere in a middle i caught myself rooting for a main character as well as felt her when things didn't went that good. That is because i think of a very good performance by Teresa Palmer - i like this acctress in most what she usually does. Also it never hurts to have Sam Neil in one of the roles to say the least.

Overall, "Ride Like a Girl" tells a good and inspirational story and does it very well. A very fine, sincere and enjoyable movie overall.

Surprisingly enjoyable. I went with two female friends who, like me, are not big horse racing fans but we all gave this movie the thumbs up.

Thoroughly enjoyable film. Great storytelling. I know only know a little about horse racing but it is focused more on the human story. Good way to spend an hour and a half.