The trailer for Ride Like A Girl, the true story of Ballarat's own Michelle Payne, has landed.
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The Transmission Films movie stars Teresa Palmer as Payne who, as a young girl, dreamt of the impossible: winning the Melbourne Cup - horse-racing's toughest two-mile race.
The youngest of 10 children, Michelle is raised by single father Paddy (Sam Neill).
She leaves school at 15 to become a jockey and after early failures she finds her feet, but a family tragedy, followed by her own near fatal horse fall all but ends the dream.
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But with the love of her dad and her brother Stevie, Michelle will not give up.
Against all the medical advice, and the protests of her siblings, she rides on, and meets the Prince of Penzance.
Together they overcome impossible odds for a shot at the dream: a ride in the 2015 Melbourne Cup, at odds of 100 to 1. The rest is history.
It remains unclear how the Darren Weir raids impacted the film in post-production.
Ride Like A Girl, directed by Oscar-nominated Australian actor Rachel Griffiths, will be released on September 26.
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