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 ...

Bermuda’s Tyler James is gaining valuable experience at the 2025 Ocala Winter Festival. James, who trains with Wendy Arndt at ...

Wadworth has announced the retirement of its beloved Shire horses after “cost pressures” imposed by the government’s budget. The Devizes based brewery has been served by its long line of Shire horses ...

Pickleball Kingdom, a rapidly growing indoor pickleball facility company, is opening a new location in Ocala this summer. The 37,000-square-foot facility will feature 13 indoor pickleball courts ...

Bodycam video shows Florida police on horseback chasing a 25-year-old drug suspect who’s running for his life. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office posted footage online of officers on horses ...

Bradenton police say that a guided horseback ride along Palma Sola Causeway went wrong over the weekend when a group of horses got scared, tossed off their riders and ran away. The beach horseback ...

A former coach and city of Ocala employee has been arrested on charges of unlawful sexual activity with certain minors, offenses against students by authority figures, travel to meet a minor to ...

MYAKKA CITY, Fla. (WFLA) — The search is on for a beloved rescue horse named Cloud. The mare mysteriously vanished from Florida Beach Horses’ barn in Myakka City late last week. Polk man faces ...

TALLAHASSEE — A Florida House panel Wednesday supported eliminating ... economic blow to the state” because of its effects on the broader horse industry. She described Ocala as the “epicenter of the ...

including numerous farms around Ocala. She cited an American Horse Council Foundation report that said the Thoroughbred industry contributes $3.24 billion to the Florida economy. That same report ...