FEBRUARY 2023 THE RIDER /43 Competition Officials Announced for FEI World Cup™ Finals Omaha 2023
Omaha, Nebraska – The competition officials for Jumping, Dressage, and Vaulting at the FEI World Cup™ Finals Omaha 2023, taking place April 4-8, 2023, at the CHI Health Center Omaha in Omaha, NE, have been announced. The course designer
for the Longines FEI Jump- ing World Cup™ Final in 2023 is Bernardo Costa Cabral of Portugal. Cabral is an FEI Level 4 course de- signer and acted as an assis- tant course designer at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. A frequent official at some of the biggest Jump- ing competitions in the world, including Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ North American League events, Cabral was honored to have been chosen as this year’s course designer. “For me it’s a dream
and 38 countries. The FEI World Cup™
Finals Omaha 2023 will pay homage to the Great Plains horses’ cultural impact by infusing tributes to Native American heritage through the theme “1723.” The Omaha Equestrian Founda- tion partnered with Bluebird Cultural Initiative to de- velop the theme that will be part of the event’s educa- tional and entertainment programs that are free to the public. For more information
about the FEI World Cup™ Finals Omaha 2023, visit
Omaha2023.fei.org. All-ses- sion and single-session tick- ets and tables are on sale now via
Ticketmaster.com.
The FEI Dressage World Cup™ Final returns to Omaha in 2023. Photo by FEI/Cara Grimshaw
come true,” said Cabral. “I feel very privileged to be in the company of great course designers that designed these championships that I have admired and respected all my life. “We will have the best
horses and riders in the world, and we are hoping for great and thrilling sport,” continued Cabral. “We will test the riders as much as we can and give the horses a great experience, while al- ways keeping the welfare of the horse as the top priority. I will have a very hard job following Alan Wade’s fan- tastic tracks and results at the FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final 2017!” Alan Wade (IRL) will
U.S. vaulter Mikhail Proctor vaulting at the International Omaha show. The Burlington Capital FEI Vaulting World Cup™ Final will be held for the first time in North America. Photo by Alison Hartwell Photography
return to Omaha in 2023, this time serving as the For- eign Technical Delegate. The Ground Jury President for Jumping is Harry Braspenning (NED), and he is joined by Ground Jury members David Distler (USA), Frances Hesketh- Jones Triulzi (ITA), Neil O’Connor
(USA), and
Norma Angelica Rodriguez (MEX). The Chief Steward for Jumping is Dan Reed
(USA), while Cesar Hirsch (VEN) is the Overall Chief Steward for the FEI World Cup™ Finals Omaha 2023. The Ground Jury Pres-
ident for the FEI Dressage World Cup™ Final in 2023 is Janet Foy (USA). Fellow Ground Jury members in- clude Stephen Clarke (GBR), Hans Christian Matthiesen (DEN), Magnus Ringmark (SWE), Jean- Michel Roudier
(FRA),
Maarten van der Heijden (NED), and Katrina Wuest (GER). The Chief Steward for Dressage is Lisa Gor- retta (USA), while the For- eign Technical Delegate is Gotthilf Riexinger (GER). The judges for the
2023 Burlington Capital FEI Vaulting World Cup™ Final include Craig Coburn (USA), Rob DeBruin (NED), and Dietmar Otto (GER), while the Foreign Judge and Technical Dele- gate is Anita Flamand-Pro- chaska (SUI) and the Chief Steward is Robert Weber (USA). The Veterinarian Com-
mission President is Emily Sandler-Burtness, DVM (USA), who is joined by Dr.
Bernardo Costa Cabral will design the courses for the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final in Omaha. Photo by FEI/Cara Grimshaw
Juan Carlos de Brigard (COL) and Yves Rossier, DVM (CAN), and the treat- ing veterinarians are Mike Black, DVM, and Michael Thomassen, DVM, of Ne- braska Equine Veterinary Clinic. Produced
by the
Omaha Equestrian Founda- tion and located in the heart of downtown Omaha, the
FEI World Cup™ Finals Omaha 2023 will feature everything under one roof – stabling, warm-up, competi- tion arena, dining venues, and shopping expo – with hotels, restaurants, and en- tertainment within easy walking distance. The 2017 Finals, also hosted in Omaha, drew visitors and volunteers from all 50 states
not-for-profit organization that strives to bring eques- trian sport into the main- stream by changing the way it is presented and to de- velop Omaha into a hub of the sport horse industry, at- tracting and developing championship competitions as both educational and eco- nomic development oppor- tunities for the community.
About the Omaha Eques- trian Foundation The Omaha Equestrian
Foundation is a 501(c)(3)
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www.therider.com
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