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Talent Overload at FAFO's Ocala Arts Festival 2010.

Original posted on Ocalalicious.

There was talent overload at FAFO’s Ocala Arts Festival 2010 (October 23 and 24), featuring over 200 fabulous, uniquely talented artists. See the list of artists on this page.

A personal highlights while at the Ocala Arts Festival was meeting Ocala’s “Dynamic Equine Artist” Sharon Crute, and her husband. Visit Sharon’s Racing Gallery, her Jumping Gallery, and her Fox Hunting Gallery. Sharon’s studio is located in Downtown Ocala at 108 East Fort King Street, and her phone number is 352-671-7469.

Scramble to Rose's Round-Up Cafe in Ocala.

Original posted on Ocalalicious.

Mural at Rose's Round-Up Cafe in OcalaIf you have not eaten at Ocala’s own Rose’s Round-Up Cafe in the North Magnolia Business District of Ocala at 809 North Magnolia Avenue, you need to get scrambling! (Phone: 352-867-1458)

My girlfriend, Annie, and I ate breakfast there yesterday before visiting the Ocala Arts Festival. You might guess I especially loved the Western lifestyle murals and decorations in Rose’s. Also, Rose’s service is excellent.

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Ocala Breeders' Sales Fall Mixed Sale, October 2010, Slide Show.

Original posted on Horsealicious.

Photographs from the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Fall Mixed Sale, October 19 and 20, 2010, are featured in the slide show below. Should it be of interest, you may view a video from Day 1 of the Fall Mixed Sale.

The next sale at Ocala Breeders’ Sales is the Winter Mixed Sale, scheduled for January 18-19, 2011, followed by the OBS Championship Stakes on March 14, and the Selected Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, scheduled for March 15-16.

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Who Was The Top Seller, Day 1, At Ocala Breeders' Sales Fall Mixed Sale?

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Who was the top seller, Day 1, at Ocala Breeders’ Sales Fall Mixed Sale? The top seller in the Consignor Preferred session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2010 Fall Mixed Sale was a 5-year-old Storm Cat mare (Hip No. 147), Zehoorr, in foal to Tiznow, purchased by Rustlewood Farm, Inc. (Reddick, FL) for $250,000 from the Reddick-based Westbury Stables. Average sale numbers were up 42% compared with 2009, in part due to the dispersal of the entire stock of Westbury Stables. Photos: Fall Mixed Sale at Ocala Breeders’ Sales here

Read more about the Ocala Breeders' Sales Fall Mixed Sale here.

Who Was in the Barns Yesterday at the Ocala Breeders Sales Sale?

Here are some of the beautiful Thoroughbred 'interlopers' in the barns yesterday, Day 1, at the Fall Mixed Sale at Ocala Breeders’ Sales.

Which horse was top seller, Day 1, at Ocala Breeders’ Sales 2010 Fall Mixed Sale? You'll have to click the link to find out.

Today is Day 2 (and the final day) of the Fall Mixed Sale. Guess where I'll be....