Union High School, Graaff-Reinet Grade 8 learner ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ participated in his very first competitive endurance ride this past weekend (Friday and Saturday, 19 and 20 August) in the Camdeboo National Park.
Aptly called the sport of a million steps, ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ก๐ is a long-distance competition against the clock, testing the speed and endurance of a horse and challenging the rider over their effective use of pace, thorough knowledge of their horseโs capabilities and ability to cross all kinds of terrain. ๐๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต.
Tristan fared exceptionally well, as he not only completed a 40km course on both days successfully, but did so on two different horses, one of which he’d never ridden before.
His best time clocked during the event was 2 hours, 34 minutes. Tristanโs next race will be the Bedford Endurance Ride planned for September.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ! ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ!
