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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Caroline Powell starts bid to land 2024 British five-star double with personal best dressage score at Burghley
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Emily King blasts into Burghley dressage top three: ‘I’m pleased; he didn’t get too hot’
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Tom McEwen’s groom Adam Short on the Paris Olympics: ‘The medal ceremony was like when Adele steps out on stage’
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A personal best, a skewbald star and a debutante on a home-bred – catch up on Burghley’s Thursday dressage action
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Meet Burghley’s oldest rider making his five-star debut with his precious skewbald horse: ‘I was going to quit eventing’
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‘He’d bolt as a five-year-old’: meet Burghley runner Jeweetwel – and find out what his unusual name means
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‘I have to be led everywhere’ – meet the complex Burghley mare who excels across country
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Burghley dressage times released – find out when your favourite rider starts
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Three horses held and one withdrawn at Burghley first trot-up
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Title contender withdrawn from Burghley: ‘The main thing is he’s healthy and well’
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20 pairs to watch at Burghley this week – will one of these combinations take the title?
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Would you jump this? Check out every fence on the 2024 Burghley cross-country course
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How to watch Burghley Horse Trials live in 2024: your complete guide
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Change of pathfinder following latest Burghley withdrawals, plus Harry Meade confirms his rides
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‘Keep the messages coming’ – injured Olympic event rider responds to support by squeezing friends’ hands
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Top-10 contender among latest Burghley withdrawals: ‘A cautious but sensible decision’
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Two Olympic gold medal winners relax together as plans for Toledo De Kerser’s future revealed
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Could you be Horse & Hound’s brilliant new showing editor?
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Take a sneak peek at William Fox-Pitt walking the Burghley cross-country course…