Catherine Austen is Hunting‎,‎ Racing and Polo editor at Horse & Hound‎,‎ and covers a wide variety of equestrian sports for that and other publications‎.‎ She is an experienced Pony Club instructor‎,‎ and regularly competes and goes hunting‎.‎ She contributed to the BHS Complete Horse & Pony Care Manual‎.‎ Sarah Gorrie has ridden and kept horses for many years and is dressage‎,‎ team chasing and sport horse editor at Horse & Hound‎.‎ She contributes to other sporting websites and equestrian publications such as HORSE‎.‎ Pippa Roome is eventing editor of Horse & Hound‎.‎ She was previously assistant editor of Eventing magazine and has also contributed features to German newspaper Welt am Sonntag‎.‎ Nicola Jane Swinney is the hunting editor of Horse & Hound‎.‎ She is the author of several equestrian titles‎,‎ including the bestselling Spirit of the Horse‎,‎ and is a regular contributor to other publications‎,‎ both here and in the USA‎.‎