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Everything Equine: Horse Farm Forever’s Conservation Summit
The horse capital by the numbers
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ELMA GARCIA CANNAVINO
Ocala proudly proclaims itself the Horse Capital of the World, and while the casual observer can look around and see evidence that backs up the claim, the numbers tell a compelling story of economic and equine heft, both locally and statewide.
Florida has the third largest equine population in the nation, trailing only California and Texas. Of the state’s nearly 400,000 horses, an estimated 80,000 of them can be found in Marion County.
Here’s a look at the equine industry numbers.
➣Statewide, the equine industry has an estimated $11.7 billion economic impact. Here in Marion County, it is $2.3 billion.
➣An estimated 113,000 jobs – on farms, at race tracks and in the retail industry – are devoted to making Florida’s equine engine run, while here in Marion County the industry creates ab estimated 21,000 jobs.
➣Of Florida’s 717,000 acres that are devoted to the equine industry, 195,000 acres are in Marion County.
➣Florida is home to an estimated 1,100 thoroughbred farms and training centers. About 70 percent of these, or about 750, are located in Marion County. ➣Part of what makes Ocala the horse capital is its concentration of equine-related services and businesses, from veterinarians and blacksmiths to feed and tack stores and major horse transport companies.
➣The oldest active thoroughbred farm in the state is Ocala Stud, founded in 1956 and standing on the farm is the oldest equine wooden barn still in use and the first swimming pool in the United
States for horses.
➣Ocala is home to the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company, which hosts bloodstock auctions throughout the year and the top two-year-old in training sales in the world. Sales of thoroughbreds at Ocala Breeders’ Sales from 2010 to 2018 was $1 Billion.
➣Florida has produced more Kentucky
Derby winners than any state but Kentucky, including 1978 Triple Crown winner Affirmed.
➣While thoroughbreds are what most people think of when they look at Marion County’s equine industry, the county also contains one of the most diverse populations of horse breeds, disciplines, emerging disciplines, event venues and equine opportunities. For instance,
Central Florida Paso Fino production is number one in the United States.
More than 50 breeds of horse can be found in Marion County.
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