Rooms at the World Equestrian Center’s new Riding Academy Hotel are sold out for this weekend as competitors from around the world arrive for the Longines League of Nations qualifier.
The horse jumping and driving competition takes place at Live Oak Stud Farm in Ocala.
The thoroughbred that commanded the most in this year’s auction was an Ocala Stud sired filly that sold for $1.8 million.
The Walk of Champions experience features 24 bronze plaques along two sidewalk blocks adjacent to the square in downtown Ocala.
This year’s theme: the “Winners Circle” celebrated the partnerships in the community and what it takes to be the Horse Capital of the World®.
The World Equestrian Center hosts the Longines League of Nations international horse-jumping competition from March 19-23.
The report released by the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association says Marion County maintains its trademarked title as the Horse Capital of the World® with 75,000 horses and ponies, more than any other single county or parrish in the United States.
Marion County Commissioners will consider Jumbolair’s request to change the land-use designation at its meeting Tuesday, Feb. 20, at 2:00 p.m.
It’s a night many want to remember and people attending can take home a wearable souvenir from a stand just inside Arena 5.
From sipping bourbon to picking strawberries, milking cows to watching horses, cosplay to rocking out… there are wide variety of things to do in the 352 area this weekend.