We are excited to share that Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s young equestrian ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ recently participated in the ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ in Graaff-Reinet.
This event took place over the weekend of 17 and 18 October, where Tristan not only demonstrated his passion for riding but also marked significant milestones in his equestrian journey.
On Friday, October 17, Tristan participated in an 80km Trapleer ride on his horse, SMP Bella May. This ride was particularly special as it marked Bella’s transition out of the Novice phase, allowing her to compete in future races. ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง 5 ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ 26 ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด.
The following day, Tristan took on an even greater challenge. He rode 120km on Henarstep Willow, standing out as the only Junior rider in this grueling race, which commenced bright and early at 04:30. ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 120๐ฌ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง 7 ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ 38 ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด.
