ABERDEEN NEWS - Zileke de Jager of Aberdeen recently returned from America, after representing the senior Protea team in the 5-gated saddle horse world cup in Lexington, Kentucky.
Both Protea teams acquitted themselves very well, winning silver medals in the 5-gated (Zileke’s event) and the 3-gated championships.
After arriving in Kentucky, the riders spent four days practising on various horses, with the mount that they would be riding in the championships being drawn randomly only the day before the competition started.
This is really a test of the riders’ skills, as they have to compete on an unknown horse, and have very little time to form a partnership with the horse.
After the championships, Zileke spent some time in California with some of the other competitors, relaxing and enjoying some of the tourist sights of San Francisco and Los Angeles, before returning home for the start of the new school term.
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