Day: 23 Aug 2022

Aptly called the sport of a million steps, 𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 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 horse’s capabilities and ability to cross all kinds of terrain. 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵.

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. Tristan’s next race will be the Bedford Endurance Ride planned for September.

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯! 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥!

𝗠𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝟴 & 𝟵 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘀 (𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮) 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿.

Mr Gradwell is well-known among the Union community, being an 𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘 himself.

Upon matriculating from Union, he pursued qualifications in both the Fine Arts and Education from NMMU, after which he served as an educator at the De Kuilen Primary School in Cape Town for about eight years before accepting a position at Union.

(In addition to teaching, Mr Gradwell is also working towards his postgraduate Master’s degree in Education.)

𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘳 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭.