Robert Markel and his dog were found mauled to death on May 5, 2025, in a black bear attack in rural Jerome in Collier County ...

Cassidy Exner considers her journey to becoming a national champion a strange and unexpected one. Initially, Exner had no plans to compete for her college in equestrian. While Exner was a student at ...

Rock the Country, performances by Kid Rock, Nickelback, Hank Williams Jr. and others. Florida Horse Park, 11008 S. Highway ...

Rock the Country concert will be held in Ocala on May 9 and 10. Here's what you need to know. The source of this information ...

The Kentucky Derby winner, Sovereignty, was among the horses in the race that had Ocala/Marion County connections. Here's what we know: ...

Notable: McPeek last year became the first trainer to win the Kentucky Oaks (with Thorpedo Anna) and the Kentucky Derby (with ...

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - Archery is big in North Central Florida and so is the equine industry. It’s natural that someone from our area would play in the national mounted archery championship. We’ll show ...

Kristy McDermott grew up a 'horse crazy kid' in Sudbury. She followed passion and carved a career in the horse racing industry to the Kentucky Derby.

Ocala’s World Equestrian Center provides horse lovers with one of the premier show and sport facilities in the nation. Soon, ...

This year's Kentucky Derby horse owners range from first-timers to seasoned veterans ... a real estate developer in Florida.

A well-known insurance agent in The Villages who sold a 72-acre horse farm in Marion County for $12 million, has purchased a 52-acre property just north of her old farm for $5.2 million.

Now that Ocala Metro Chamber & Economic Partnership ... in 2020 after being a finalist in 2017 and 2019. The CEP also was Florida’s Chamber of the Year in 2018. Sheilley's last day on the ...