DRESSAGE rider Tara Oliver has recently retired her Grand Prix horse Earlspark Loretto from competition after a long and successful career. Tara purchased Earlspark Loretto (stable name Jack) as an 11-year-old and he had previously competed at medium level. Jack is a Danish warmblood by Lanskoyl, out of Donata, by Dozent.

Tara, a graduate of the equine science programme at the University of Limerick, quickly moved up through the dressage rankings with Jack and in 2015 he obtained a score of 65% in a Grand Prix test under a list one judge.