Pippa Roome
Magazine editor and eventing editor
Pippa is magazine editor and eventing editor at Horse & Hound. An Exeter graduate, she has worked for H&H since 2003 and has held the role of eventing editor since 2005. In 2014 she was promoted to hold the role of head of sports and in 2016 she took on the position of magazine editor, while still keeping her eventing editor responsibilities.
Pippa has reported at two Olympics, in Rio in 2016 and Tokyo in 2021, from the 2010, 2014 and 2018 World Equestrian Games (WEG), the 2022 World Championships and at the five-star horse trials at Badminton, Burghley, Luhmühlen, Pau, Kentucky and Maryland.
Outside eventing, Pippa has reported on the 2014 (Lyon), 2015 (Las Vegas) and 2018 (Paris) dressage and showjumping World Cup finals, as well as the 2015 European Showjumping Championships in Aachen. She reported the showjumping at the 2010 and 2018 WEGs and worked across all the disciplines at the Olympics in 2016 and 2021.
In 2009, Pippa won the IPC Media digital journalist of the year award.
Pippa has ridden all her life and progressed through the Pony Club to be a working pupil for eventers Lucinda and Clayton Fredericks during her gap year before university, pairing up with the chestnut gelding VIP (Peanut) to complete her first CCI* (now CCI2*-L). She continued to event Peanut during university and while working for H&H, competing up to intermediate level and completing seven CCI*s (now CCI2*-Ls) in total.
When Peanut retired, Pippa took a break from competing for 10 years. In 2018, she returned to the fray at BE90 level with the 15.1hh Connemara Kiltulla Lad (Alfie), who is mostly her mother’s dressage horse but likes to moonlight as an eventer.
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Tina Cook’s five golden nuggets of advice for retraining racehorses
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9 checks all riders should make before the start of the eventing season
With the eventing season fast approaching, H&H offers a handy checklist for competitors
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London 52 – meet the eventing superstar who had to learn to go across country
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13 things all the best horsey mums and dads do for their kids
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Sam Watson on his Olympic journey: ‘I bottled selection for London 2012, but Tokyo was different’
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How can you tell if a horse is happy?
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Nine secrets of successful cross-country from Tim and Jonelle Price
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H&H eventing editor: ‘Cross-country last at the Olympics – I have three big questions’
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Vendredi Biats – from a ‘disappointing’ first viewing to triple medallist with Kitty King
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New rider for top five-star event horse: ‘I really clicked with her’
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Banzai Du Loir – the eventing world champion who loves bananas and a really good roll
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‘It was horrendous’: top eventer recovers from serious injury to become broodmare
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British Eventing CEO Rosie Williams: ‘Running a sport’s governing body is as challenging as competing at five-star’
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‘I can’t thank you enough’: Blenheim winner who competed at the Olympics retires
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Lordships Graffalo – meet Ros Canter’s Badminton winner and European champion who eats tack, licks cars and loves a cuddle
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Meet Karen Dixon’s niece, who juggles a full-time job and top-level eventing
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How to get to London International Horse Show at ExCeL
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‘Oh look, there’s a piebald car’ — and 12 other random thoughts we’ve had while driving
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‘Come on Emily, keep going’ – how a shout from the crowd helped Emily King at her first Burghley