๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง: horse riders flying across wintry Free State grasslands, hundreds of horses encamped with their riders, support teams and spectators gathered round fires each night to discuss the glories and tragedies of the day, and riders getting up at midnight in freezing conditions to check on their horses.
This is the legendary Fauresmith Endurance Ride – the highlight of the South African endurance horse-riding calendar โ where Union High School, Graaff-Reinet Grade 9 learner ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ, is currently competing.
๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด 201๐ฌ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ 200. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ (๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด) ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ โ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต-๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ!
Tristan โ we are incredibly excited on your behalf that you qualified for this prestigious race and canโt wait to hear that you successfully crossed the finish line! ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ for the next couple of days!
