H&H eventing editor Pippa Roome: ‘I’m glad I’m not selecting the teams for Paris’

H&H eventing editor Pippa Roome reflects on Olympic selection dilemmas for the British and US teams

Oh to have been a British team selector in the days when everyone went to Badminton Horse Trials and then perhaps a mandatory final trial. These days, with riders allowed to campaign as they feel best, it is very much comparing apples and oranges as we approach the Paris Olympics.

Britain’s problem at this stage is an embarrassment of strong combinations ...