The World Equestrian Center of Ocala – A Sight to Behold
Welcome to Ocala, home of a new 368-acre facility on a park property of 6,000 acres: The World Equestrian Center of Ocala. This is a world-class multi-indoor and outdoor arena…
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Edgar Hoover, Jazz-Era Gangsters, and a Sleepy Resort Town
Known today as the Bradford / Barker house, this home was originally located on property owned by Carson Bradford, who bought the real estate in Ocklawaha in 1892. His son,…
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Ocala’s World Equestrian Center
A community that calls itself the “Horse Capital of the World” will further justify that title with the opening of the World Equestrian Center. The 3,000-acre complex in the heart…
Live Oak International: A Celebration of Equine Excellence
He helped create the largest Combined Driving and Show Jumping event in the United States. But he couldn’t compete that first year, because he wasn’t yet 18 years old. That…
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Horse Capitol of the World
Ocala / Marion County is home to the largest number of horses and ponies in the United States. Not only to we have the numbers, there is a wide variety…
Payton Training Center: Where Horses Learn to Become Champions
Ocala is known not only for its beautiful horses and farms. Ocala is known for producing horses who often, as Joan Pletcher says, “Outrun their pedigrees.” J.J. Pletcher and his…
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Padua Farm: Exceptional Beauty and Rich History
The exceptional beauty of Padua Stables with its open, rolling countryside and scenic lakes, has an exceptional history to match. It was here among these spreading oaks and rolling hills…
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The Small Town Charm of Brick City
The city of Ocala was established in 1849, but has roots going back centuries of Native American culture. Ocale, or Ocali was a Timucua village and means “Big Hammock” later…
Winter Haven Farm: The Wrigley Connection
Way back in 1892, a Chicago entrepreneur included a pack of chewing gum in every can of baking powder his company sold. It was just a simple promotional idea. But…
