
Pippa Cuckson
Formerly Horse & Hound’s first female deputy editor, Pippa is an award-winning journalist who in recent years has actively campaigned to raise awareness of the welfare concerns within the sport of endurance in order to drive change. She has written extensively on the topic for a number of titles including H&H, with her stories picked up by international publications around the world including the Wall Street Journal, Le Monde and Berliner Zeitung.
During her 21 years on the H&H staff rota, Pippa sub-edited every sector of the magazine, including a stint as news editor, before being promoted to the role of assistant editor and then deputy editor. She was also an active reporter, covering Olympic Games, European championships and the last stand-alone word eventing championship, at Gawler, South Australia, in 1986.
Pippa’s campaigning journalism has twice been recognised by her peer-group: the International Alliance of Equestrian Journalists Bureau Award for an outstanding contribution to the global horse industry, and the British Equestrian Writers Association Liz Dudden Trophy, for outstanding services to equestrianism.
In August 2018, the leading French magazine Grand Prix featured Pippa in its special issue about the 50 “most influential” people in global equestrian sport.
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Tougher measures employed to clean up UAE endurance *H&H VIP*Stronger rules are to be implemented for the remainder of the UAE endurance season, while Olympic riders join the call to relocate the World Championships
By Pippa Cuckson Published
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UAE endurance rides to resume under new measuresThe sport has been allowed to resume in time for the prestigious 160km President’s Cup to go ahead
By Pippa Cuckson Published
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Olympic riders among top names to campaign against endurance scandalsAn online petition demanding the world endurance championship is removed from Dubai has reached 4,000 signatures
By Pippa Cuckson Published
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Mike Etherington Smith blasts idea of ‘equestrian triathlon’ *H&H VIP*Eventing's new name is likely to be approved by the FEI eventing committee in early March
By Pippa Cuckson Published
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Do FEI rules need a revamp? H&H investigates *H&H VIP*A discrepancy in rules between disciplines is causing controversy. H&H looks at what can be done.
By Pippa Cuckson Published
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$100,000 fines for stables involved in endurance horse-beating incidentsFive stables have been fined and their trainers have also been suspended
By Pippa Cuckson Published
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Five endurance riders disqualified for beating horses *H&H VIP*This is the first time abuse has been been punished on this scale at a single ride
By Pippa Cuckson Published
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UAE endurance rides ‘postponed’ as crisis continuesFour endurance rides in the UAE due to be staged in the next few days have been “postponed”
By Pippa Cuckson Published
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£50,000 prize pot for eventers in new seriesThe Eventing Masters series will be integrated with six existing British CIC3*s
By Pippa Cuckson Published
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Is showjumping’s Olympic legacy fizzling out? *H&H VIP*With the London GCT at risk, is showjumping disappearing from the capital?
By Pippa Cuckson Published
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Extraordinary move by FEI following another UAE equine fatality *H&H VIP*In a surprising move, the FEI is urging UAE organisers to adopt local welfare rules after a further equine fatality
By Pippa Cuckson Published
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Is the endurance clean-up working? H&H investigates *H&H VIP*There has been no significant reduction in rule-breaking or improvement in completion rates
By Pippa Cuckson Published
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Endurance requalification rules brought in following horse death *H&H VIP*The new rules were approved at Endurance GB's annual meeting
By Pippa Cuckson Published
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Pippa Cuckson: Proposed series could spell disaster for FEI *H&H VIP*We investigate whether there will ever be a future for showjumping's Global Champions League
By Pippa Cuckson Published
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Tough new local rules designed to reform UAE enduranceA member of Abu Dhabi’s ruling family aims to reform UAE endurance with tough new local rules focusing to improve the welfare of the horses taking part
By Pippa Cuckson Published
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Cian O’Connor ‘confident’ court will rule in Ireland’s favourThe case involving the “running steward” incident at the European Championships will be heard in London on 16 December
By Pippa Cuckson Published
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Outrage over blood in mouth rule inconsistencies *H&H VIP*Anna Ross is calling for rules regarding blood in the mouth to be revisited, but the FEI is standing firm
By Pippa Cuckson Published
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Showjumper and vet banned for dopingThe horse tested positive for the banned steroid stanozolol
By Pippa Cuckson Published
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21 yellow cards issued in first weekend of UAE endurance seasonA step up in a crackdown on rule-breaking has resulted in a high number of FEI warning cards
By Pippa Cuckson Published
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Further horror as third amputation video emerges *warning graphic images*The FEI has now tackled the national federations concerned “as a matter of urgency”
By Pippa Cuckson Published
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Shocking amputation videos emerge online *graphic content*Disturbing videos of amputation of parts of the lower limbs of Middle Eastern endurance horses have provoked concern *warning graphic images caution advised*
By Pippa Cuckson Published
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‘Phantom rides’ scandal: second senior figure suspended *H&H VIP*The head of endurance at the UAE Equestrian Federation, has, according to the FEI, been “consistently failing to observe the FEI rules and regulations at a number of events”
By Pippa Cuckson Published
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Test-tube foal marks successful return of technologyA foal that was conceived via test-tube technology that has not been used in the UK for years has been born at Twemlows Stud
By Pippa Cuckson Published
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Securing Olympic equine talent: what Britain could learn from the Dutch *H&H VIP*Dutch riders have security that their top mounts won’t be sold from under them ahead of the Olympics. So how does the country keep talent at home?
By Pippa Cuckson Published
