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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8 things horsey people say in the office in winter (with translations for non-horsey colleagues)
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Small field go forward to final showjumping after Maryland 5 Star final trot-up
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Oliver Townend and Ballaghmor Class head British top two after Maryland cross-country: ‘We know what he’s done, he’s special’
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No fairytale retirement win for Mai Baum as Maryland 5 Star cross-country proves influential
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One Brit goes inside time and another pulls up as Maryland 5 Star cross-country gets underway
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When do Oliver Townend and Bubby Upton go cross-country at Maryland 5 Star? Check out the times
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Two Brits poised behind leader in Maryland 5 Star podium positions as dressage concludes
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Top horse kicks off his swansong event by floating to Maryland 5 Star lead: ‘It’s bittersweet’
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Bubby Upton continues comeback from ‘turbulent year’ with super Maryland 5 Star dressage: ‘I owe Cola everything’
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British rider aims to finish ‘frustrating season’ on a high at Maryland 5 Star
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‘It’s surreal’ – Dorset-based young star claims lead on first day of Maryland 5 Star
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Brit makes a strong start in Maryland 5 Star dressage: ‘I didn’t want to make the mistake of trying too hard’
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Maryland 5 Star dressage times released: when do Harry Meade, Bubby Upton, Oliver Townend and David Doel start?
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Five-star winner withdrawn from Maryland 5 Star and retired from top-level eventing
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One horse from Europe sent to holding box at Maryland 5 Star first trot-up
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How to watch Maryland 5 Star live from anywhere in the world
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Find out who’s the pathfinder and when the Brits start as Maryland 5 Star draw revealed
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British venue to host eventing European Championships in September 2025
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Meet the striking skewbald mare – with a fantastically fun name – making her five-star debut next week