A wide-open jump-off in the $35,000 Tractorland Royal West International Championship Phase 3 1.45 m was won in a heart-stopper by Samuel Parot of Chile aboard Atlantis.

As it was the night before, Saturday’s jump-off was a very competitive field, seeing ten riders vying for the coveted top three spots. In the tightly contested field, however, two riders, Canadian Keean White and Samuel Parot — winners in the 1.45 m on Thursday and Friday, respectively — came looking to win on Saturday.

Parot would have taken two mounts into the jump-off but his mount Couscous van Orti clipped the last bar to miss out. But the veteran Chilean then doubled down on the drama, riding Atlantis — the mount he rode to take the Sacramento leg of the west coast jumping league — into the jump-off. There he took the spot, coming dramatically close to colliding with one of the jumps as he wheeled Atlantis around to the final jump for a winning time of 40.40 seconds.

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