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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Paris Olympic course-designer to take on five-star job as Ian Stark retires
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‘Vettings don’t matter, heart does’ – thoroughbred overcomes physical issues to complete Kentucky
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Oliver Townend names his sole Badminton ride to target Grand Slam of Eventing
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Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing: the $350,000 prize Oliver Townend could win at Badminton
Your essential guide to the most valuable prize in the sport, the Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing
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So close to the win: Tom McEwen and Yasmin Ingham react to Kentucky podium finishes
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Order juggled by showjumping – but it’s still a British clean sweep of Kentucky podium
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British world number one becomes third rider to contest 100 five-stars
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One horse withdrawn at Kentucky final trot-up, plus one eliminated before it
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Disappointment for one British and one Irish rider at Kentucky five-star
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‘She’s as good as we always hoped’ – world number one praises young mare after Kentucky cross-country
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‘Incredible pressure’ – Yasmin Ingham speaks of her relief after Kentucky cross-country round
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Phillip Dutton gives update on horse who fell at final fence at Kentucky five-star
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British top three after Kentucky five-star cross-country – despite two long routes for leader
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British rider drops down order after Kentucky four-star cross-country
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Rider returns from back surgery to compete at Kentucky: ‘I feel like a different person’
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Why you need to know about Cooley Nutcracker – ‘I really believe in him for the future’
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‘You feel a responsibility to deliver your best in their twilight years’ – emotions run high at Kentucky
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‘The fall forced me to take a step back’ – five-star rider reflects on surprising positives of time off
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Mixed first-phase performance for British world number one at Kentucky: ‘It won’t be a dressage competition’