Horse crazy? Mount up and gallop over to Ocala's horse country Adults can indulge their equestrian fantasies and kids will find plenty of opportunities to horse around – even fingerpainting ...

Ocala, Florida, is horse country—so much so that it's called the "horse capital of the world."When a hurricane approaches, horse owners in the path have to scramble to evacuate their animals in ...

Rock the Country Ocala 2025, the two-day outdoor concert at the Florida Horse Park, is in the books. The action paused for a time the afternoon/evening of May 10 because of lightning. On Facebook ...

— Ocala has become the center of a fledgling Arabian racing industry, which is growing rapidly around the country. — There are about 25,000 thoroughbreds in Marion County.

IT’S HORSE COUNTRY. Today, Ocala stands for cattle and horses. ... With his wife, Martha, O’Neal moved to Ocala from Georgia cracker country sometime in the 1920s.

Meanwhile, VisitLex, Lexington’s tourism bureau, lists 61 reasons Lexington should be considered the true horse capital of the world on its website.. More than 450 horse farms are located in the ...

OCALA — The television news flashes steadily, silently, above the counter, off to the side of the espresso machine. The Cuban-American owners of the Tostones restaurant keep it on all day.