Formed in 2018, Horse Farms Forever advocates to preserve farmland areas and limit sprawl from encroaching beyond Ocala's urban growth boundary.

While Central Florida is widely known for its Orlando theme parks, Ocala, Florida, just a 90-minute drive north, is a haven ...

The jewel in the WEC crown is the stately Equestrian Hotel. Situated in the center of this homage to horses, the Equestrian ...

You don’t have to make a cross-country road trip to admire panoramic landscapes if you live in Marion County. Any rainless afternoon is perfect for a windows-down drive through the more than ...

The Dudley farm remains, for now, 175 acres of open greenery punctuated by moss-draped oaks, sycamores, hickories, magnolias and pecan trees. At the horse stalls, the smell of manure hangs heavy ...

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - In Ocala, it’s not too rare to see horses helping out sheriff’s deputies and farmers, but how often do you see a horse helping out in the classroom? We’ll show you one summer ...

OCALA, Fla. — Near the largest female correctional institution in the state of Florida, lies a farm tucked away in Ocala that is changing the lives of both inmates and horses. The Thoroughbred ...

Although most of Ocala’s farms are working farms that do not open their doors to tours, Ocala Carriage & Tours offers horse-drawn trolley and carriage tours of area horse farms. So if you want ...

Horse farm: Ocala’s Winding Oaks Farm continues wind down A little history of the former farm: Eugene Melnyk, a Canadian businessman and billionaire, purchased the farm in 2001.

These days, more than 1,200 horse farms in Ocala/Marion County pamper more than 35,000 of these noble beasts, from sleek thoroughbreds to gentle Clydesdales and flamboyant Gypsy Vanners.