Practical Horseman

2023 FEI World Cup Finals

Omaha Equestrian Foundation founder and amateur jumper rider Lisa Roskens brought the 2017 FEI World Cup™ Finals to Omaha, Nebraska, in 2017. The finals will return to the CHI Health Center Omaha April 4–8, 2023. In addition to the jumping and dressage finals, the event will include the vaulting finals. Here Roskens shares more about herself, what to expect at the 2023 finals edition and what she thinks Omaha has to offer the world of horse sports and vice versa.

PRACTICAL HORSEMAN: Could you tell us about your professional and personal background?

LISA ROSKENS: I was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska and had prodigal years in graduate and undergraduate school in California. Through a series of “flight of the bumble bees,” I found myself in our family business, Burlington Capital, LLC.

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