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Portugal’s Bernardo Costa Cabral Named Course Designer for LONGINES FEI Jumping World Cup™ Finals in Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska – June 7, 2022 – Bernardo Costa Cabral of Portugal has been selected as the course de- signer for the LONGINES FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final, one of three Finals to be held during the FEI World Cup™ Finals 2023, April 4-8, 2023, at the CHI Health Center Omaha, site of the highly acclaimed FEI World Cup™ Finals 2017, which hosted Jumping and Dressage. The FEI World Cup™
Finals are annual indoor championships among the world’s best horses and ath- letes. Next year’s Finals in Omaha will feature the LONGINES FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final, FEI Dressage World Cup™ Final and FEI Vaulting World Cup™ Final. It will mark the first time the Vaulting Final will be held in North America. “Bernardo Cabral is
one of the most respected course designers in the sport of show jumping, and we have been honored to have
him as a course designer at International Omaha in the past,” said Lisa Roskens, Chairman of the Omaha Equestrian
Foundation
(OEF), which is producing next year’s Finals. “His in- volvement will help ensure that the courses are worthy of the caliber of horses and riders participating in the Fi- nals, and we couldn’t be happier to be working with him.”
Born in Lisbon, Portu-
gal, in 1975, Cabral, an FEI Level 4 course designer, started riding at the age of 9 and was always drawn to show jumping and course designing in particular. As a teenager, he assisted and learned from 2012 Olympic course designer Bob Ellis (GBR), and he continues to draw inspiration from those tracks today. Cabral has designed
for many international events including the Euro- pean Championships, Aus- trian
Championship, LONGINES FEI Jumping
National and
and 38 countries. For more information
about the FEI World Cup™ Finals 2023, please visit
OmahaEquestrian.org.
About the Omaha Eques- trian Foundation The Omaha Eques-
trian Foundation is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit or- ganization that strives to
bring equestrian sport into the mainstream by changing the way it is presented and to develop Omaha into a hub of the sport horse indus- try, attracting and develop- ing
championship
competitions as both educa- tional and economic devel- opment opportunities for the community.
Bernardo Costa Cabral
World Cup™ North Ameri- can League, and he has as- sisted with other major tracks
including two
Olympic Games (2008, 2012). He has served as course designer at the an- nual International Omaha and at events in Belgium, Canada, Dubai, Great Britain, Poland, Saudi Ara- bia, Spain, and his home country of Portugal. “For me, it’s truly an
honor to be recognized as a person who can do a cham- pion-ship like the World Cup™ Final,” Cabral said. “I am truly grateful and very happy.” All-Session tickets for
the FEI World Cup™ Finals 2023 are on sale now via
Ticketmaster.com. Included are options for VIP and hos- pitality lounge passes and fully catered ringside tables for the duration of the event. Single-Session tickets will be available starting Octo- ber 18. Produced by the
Omaha Equestrian Founda- tion and located in the heart of downtown Omaha, the FEI World Cup™ Finals 2023 will feature everything under one roof – stabling, warm-up,
competition
arena, dining venues, and shopping expo – with ho- tels, restaurants, and enter- tainment within
easy
walking distance. The 2017 event drew visitors and vol- unteers from all 50 states
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horse had four faults at the end because he could have
easily
jumped clean,” said Gorsline. “I thought the kids represented them- selves and Canada very well. This is a building block for NAYC [North American Youth Cham- pionships] and for the kids going forward and I think we identified some good young talent here. They will all learn from this experience. It’s safe to say that the future looks bright.”
Eric Krawitt and Chicago CM jumped clear in round one at Thunderbird Park in Langley, BC. Photo Credit: Cealy Tetley
Top Course Designers Lay the Tracks for 2022 USEF Summer Series at World Equestrian Center – Ocala
Ocala, Fla. – June 1, 2022 – Top course designers lay the tracks for the 2022 USEF Summer Series at World Equestrian Center – Ocala, which features nine weeks of US Equestrian Premier Hunter/Level 6 Jumper competition. The nine-week series will take place from June 15-August 14 and will showcase two weeks of CSI3* international compe- tition during Weeks III and IV on June 21-26 and June 28-July 3. A group of the world’s
top course designers will set the jumper tracks in the Grand Arena,
including
Alan Wade (IRL), Guil- herme Jorge (BRA), Manuel Esparza (MEX), Peter Grant (CAN), Catsy Cruz (MEX), Doug Russell (USA), Andy Christiansen (ECU), Joey Rycroft (CAN) and Tucker Williams (USA). Andy Christiansen, a
Fédération Equestre Interna- tionale (FEI) Level 3 course designer, will set the open- ing tracks for the 2022 USEF Summer Series. Christiansen is an accom- plished hunter designer who recently received his license as a FEI course designer. In that short time, Christiansen has received high praise for his tracks from many top riders.
Renowned FEI Level
4 course designer, Guil- herme Jorge of Brazil, will design during the CSI3* Week III. Jorge is a gifted designer, having created tracks for some of the largest
championships
across the globe including the 2005 and 2007 FEI World Cup™ Finals, the 2007 Pan American Games in Brazil, numerous CSI5* events at Spruce Meadows in Calgary, Canada and the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida, and the much-praised tracks at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2016. The CSI3* course de-
signer for Week IV, Alan Wade of Ireland, will build the international competi- tion tracks. Wade is an ac- complished designer that is respected by riders. He has built for some of the most prestigious championships and competitions such as the 2017 FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final in Omaha, Ne- braska; the 2018 FEI World Equestrian
Games™
(WEG) in Tryon, North Car- olina; and the Palm Beach Masters CSI4*-W featuring the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ in Wellington, Florida, as well as the Longines FEI Jumping Na- tions Cup™ in Wellington,
National and international show jumping classes will be held in the Grand Arena at WEC – Ocala. Photo by Andrew Ryback Photography
Florida. USEF course designer
Tucker Williams (USA) will create the courses in the Grand Arena during Week V of the 2022 USEF Summer Series. Williams is familiar with World Equestrian Cen- ter – Ocala having designed fences and built numerous courses. Williams produces quality jumps for nationally- and internationally-rated competition.
Joey Rycroft of
Canada will set the tracks during Week VI of the 2022 USEF Summer Series. Rycroft, an FEI Level 3 de- signer, is an emerging talent having assisted at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ and Winter Equestrian Fes- tival and was a designer at the 2022 WEC – Ocala win- ter circuit. Peter Grant, an inter-
Level 3 course designer, will build the courses for Week VII. Grant is well- known for being a part of the build team at Spruce Meadows
in Calgary,
Canada, since 2004, where he has designed at many CSI5* tournaments.
In
2021, Grant assisted in the design at
the Olympic
Games in Tokyo, Japan. Ana Catalina “Catsy”
nationally-recognized FEI Cruz of Mexico, a North
America favorite, will re- turn to World Equestrian Center – Ocala to create tracks during Week VIII. Cruz is an accomplished FEI Level 3 designer that has made numerous appear- ances at top venues on the continent. Doug Russell will take
over the course building du- ties during Week IX of the 2022 USEF Summer Series. Russell, a top national show jumper and trainer himself, has a lengthy list of course designing accomplishments across the country. He de- signed at Saratoga in New York for nine years and has built courses at some of the most historic horse shows in the U.S.,
including the
Devon Horse Show in Devon, Pennsylvania. Rus- sell has been a USEF-li- censed course designer since 1991 and recently re- ceived his FEI course de- signer license. The 2022 USEF Sum-
mer Series wraps up with courses by Manuel Esparza, an FEI Level 3 course de- signer. Esparza has assisted with the courses at five Olympic Games including Atlanta, Georgia, in 1996; Sydney, Australia, in 2000; Athens, Greece, in 2004; Beijing, China, in 2008; and Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, in
2016. For additional infor-
mation on the 2022 USEF Summer Series at World Equestrian Center – Ocala, and further information on weekly show officials, please visit
wec.net
2022 Ocala Summer Horse Show Series Dates
Summer Series II: June 15-19 – USEF Premier Hunters/ Level 6 Jumpers Summer Series III: June 21-26 – FEI CSI 3*/ USEF Premier Hunters/ Level 6 Jumpers Summer Series IV: June 28-July 3 – FEI CSI 3*/ USEF Premier Hunters/ Level 6 Jumpers Summer Series V: July 6- 10 – USEF Premier Hunters/ Level 6 Jumpers Summer Series VI: July 13-17 – USEF Premier Hunters/ Level 6 Jumpers Summer Series VII: July 20-24 – USEF Premier Hunters/ Level 6 Jumpers Summer Series VIII: July 27-31 – USEF Premier Hunters/ Level 6 Jumpers Summer Series IX: August 3-7 – USEF Premier Hunters/ Level 6 Jumpers Summer Series X: August 10-14 – USEF Premier Hunters/ Level 6 Jumpers
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