
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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13 expert tips from Pippa Funnell including take your time, steer with your eyes, and repeat, repeat, repeat
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So close – but not quite: British rider just misses out on major grand prix title
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‘I don’t get emotional, but I cried today’: Lottie Fry wins Dutch World Cup leg – and Becky Moody scores personal best
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Three eventers who've joined new riders this winter – including a Paris Olympic medallist
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Lottie Fry and Becky Moody top Dutch Masters dressage grand prix: ‘Some of the best work he’s done’
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A hot mare, extra strides and surprises: full analysis of the horse swap class at the Dutch Masters
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‘It showed that our sport is beautiful but difficult’ – home side rider wins superb horse swap class
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Four of the world’s top riders prepare to swap horses in unique showjumping class
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‘He is wonderful across country – like he’s done it all before’: meet Chilli Morning’s three clones
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‘She was loved till her last breath’: horse who launched top rider’s career put down
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Could these be the breakthrough stars of this year’s European Eventing Championships?
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What is British Eventing’s new XC+? Your questions answered…
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Lessons with Olympic riders and more up for grabs to benefit Georgie Campbell Foundation
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13 things all the best horsey mums and dads do for their kids
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9 checks all riders should make before the start of the eventing season
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‘I owe him everything – and he still loves jumping at 23’: elite British eventer on her horse of a lifetime
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Olympic rider back in the saddle three months after operation – and aiming for Badminton
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Farewell to 15.1hh ‘cheeky coloured cob’ who went from Pony Club to Badminton
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Olympic champion relocates to new country for the winter
