AND WE HAVE LEARNED MANY OF THE CONTENDERS ARE FROM RIGHT HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA ... Farm in Ocala has long been a key player in preparing Derby contenders, with at least three horses this ...

THERE’S ONLY ONE REAL CROP AND IT’S HORSE FARMS. THERE’S OVER 400 IN THE AREA. SO HOW DO FOLKS LIKE COLIN PROTECT THEIR HORSES, THEIR CROPS, SO TO SPEAK? SURPRISINGLY, IT’S NOT REAL HARD.

As all eyes focus on Louisville in early May for the historic Kentucky Derby, an area in Central Florida ... and you’ll see horse farms wherever you go. Marion County’s website proclaims ...

Brock Sheridan, editor-in-chief of the Florida Thoroughbred ... Bridlewood Farm in Ocala has long been a key player in preparing Derby contenders, with at least three horses this year having ...