Anderson Lima, who did such a good job laying out the route for the Sapphire Grand Prix of Devon last spring, has been named as the course designer for the April 2026 FEI World Cup Show Jumping Finals in Ft. Worth.
Anderson Lima walking his course at Devon.
The Mexican designer has been part of the design team at the Olympics and several FEI World Cup Finals, as well as the Pan American Games and other international championships. He will be joined by Bernardo Costa Cabral of Portugal as the foreign technical delegate.
Anderson thinks that in this era, the riders, more than the horses, are tested by the courses. He is known for being fair.
“I like to create nice lines and a balance between forward distances and a little bit shorter distances and normal size jumps. For sure when you talk about grands prix, being fair means creating the right dimensions. But I do like to challenge horses and riders with colors, jumps with a little bit more open space, jumps that are a little bit more solid, or by having planks and walls.”
Using a variety of options, he pointed out, he can keep testing riders and their mounts in new and different ways.