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 ...

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.

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 ...

— 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.

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 ...

If you don’t own a horse or are not really into thoroughbred racing, you may not know how high Florida ranks in the world of ...

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.