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.