Originally Posted by
coopah
American Pharoah was broken not far from here. As was Tale of Verve and Divining Rod. It truly is horse country here and driving by the beautiful farms is a delight.
She is referring to Marion County in Florida. Ocala is the county seat, on I-75 south of Gainesville. Ocala is surrounded by horse farms, including in the city limits. Also home to the Florida Horse Park, which holds many competitions during the year. Marion County has 35,000+ horses registered but is home to more than 200,000 in the breeding and early training from January to the spring. Check with chamber of commerce and/or the horse park.