
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 three Olympics, in Rio in 2016, Tokyo in 2021 and Paris in 2024, 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, 2021 and 2024.
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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Ready to jump this? Check out every fence on the Badminton BE90 grassroots cross-country course...
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Would you jump this ditch? See every fence on the 2025 Badminton BE100 grassroots championships cross-country course
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Mare who won Olympic gold welcomes her first foal: ‘A sweet but protective mum’
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How to watch Badminton Horse Trials 2025 live from anywhere in the world
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Top riders and professional voices lead Badminton Horse Trials commentary team
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Is one of these riders the 2025 Badminton Horse Trials winner? 15 pairs to watch this week
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Another withdrawal gives final pair on Badminton Horse Trials wait list a chance to compete
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Latest Badminton Horse Trials withdrawals: ‘It’s devastating, but he’ll always come first’
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Surprise twist as Badminton Horse Trials wait list cut-off deadline passes
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Take a sneak peek at Tina Cook walking some of the Badminton five-star cross-country fences
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‘It’s obvious why riders love Kentucky,’ says H&H’s Pippa Roome
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See pictures of one rider’s incredible save to stay on board at Kentucky – and find out what people were shouting as she went across country
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‘Greatest event rider ever’ takes his fifth Kentucky title
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A bitless bridle and brilliant jumping – British riders claim three top-five places at Kentucky
