“The horse is very fast, so I just tried to go straight and not make an error,” Samuel Parot shrugged modestly in explanation of his winning jump-off round in the $216,000 Wanderer’s Club Grand Prix on the last Saturday Night Lights class of the Winter Equestrian Festival (Fla.) on April 1. You can read all about it in the Chronicle’s coverage of the class.

How did the strategy work? Watch and see!