Know anything about Stables in Florida?

[SugarNSpikes]

Hi guys,

At the end of the year, I'm looking into moving to Florida and my trusty steed will be coming along with me. I know some of you are snowbirds and often take your horses between MD/Florida.

I was planning on moving to Tampa and I spent a weekend going to about 20 farms and apart from deciding that they completely sucked or were way overpriced, I picked one. Unfortunately, I will now be looking into moving to an area about 4 hours away and will need to scout out a new farm.

Does anyone know of any farms around Gainesville, more specifically Melrose?

 

[Bay_Kat]

Hi guys,

At the end of the year, I'm looking into moving to Florida and my trusty steed will be coming along with me. I know some of you are snowbirds and often take your horses between MD/Florida.

I was planning on moving to Tampa and I spent a weekend going to about 20 farms and apart from deciding that they completely sucked or were way overpriced, I picked one. Unfortunately, I will now be looking into moving to an area about 4 hours away and will need to scout out a new farm.

Does anyone know of any farms around Gainesville, more specifically Melrose?

I live in Florida and don't know any in the areas you named, but Ocala, south of Gainesville, is Horse Country, if you have a choice of where to move, check it out, very nice place to live.

The Horse Capital of the World - Ocala / Marion County Chamber & Economic Partnership

 

[fredsaid2]

Ocala Horse Barns

You can also ask on Chronicle of the Horse.

 

[SugarNSpikes]

Thanks so much, I will check it out!

Ocala is about 45 minutes away and I'm not entirely opposed to traveling for a good barn with reasonable prices. The price difference I'm finding made my jaw drop. 350$/mo now with unlimited turnout, grain, indoor, etc.. and the places I found only offered 1 hour - half day turnouts with an overall sub-par, run down facilities for a minimum of 700$/mo.

I chuckled at one lady who wanted 750$ a month and the farm was nice.. small.. it had a nice indoor wash stall with hot/cold water and she said, "it's for my personal use, you can use the hose outside".

 

[Bay_Kat]

Thanks so much, I will check it out!

Ocala is about 45 minutes away and I'm not entirely opposed to traveling for a good barn with reasonable prices. The price difference I'm finding made my jaw drop. 350$/mo now with unlimited turnout, grain, indoor, etc.. and the places I found only offered 1 hour - half day turnouts with an overall sub-par, run down facilities for a minimum of 700$/mo.

I chuckled at one lady who wanted 750$ a month and the farm was nice.. small.. it had a nice indoor wash stall with hot/cold water and she said, "it's for my personal use, you can use the hose outside".

Oh lawdy!

 

[SugarNSpikes]

Hah, that sounded kind of bad.. I was just a little offended. I'm thinking, "I'm paying you all this money and can't even use the nice amenities?"

 

[HeavyChevy75]

Yeah..Ocala is big time overpriced board wise.

Horse Boarding in Gainesville Florida

Also go on Craigs list for that area.

Or CityData.com (or something like that). Go to the Florida boards and ask about boarding.

Find out the local horse newspaper (like equirey) and see if anything is listed.

 

[Duckz]

Thanks so much, I will check it out!

Ocala is about 45 minutes away and I'm not entirely opposed to traveling for a good barn with reasonable prices. The price difference I'm finding made my jaw drop. 350$/mo now with unlimited turnout, grain, indoor, etc.. and the places I found only offered 1 hour - half day turnouts with an overall sub-par, run down facilities for a minimum of 700$/mo.

I chuckled at one lady who wanted 750$ a month and the farm was nice.. small.. it had a nice indoor wash stall with hot/cold water and she said, "it's for my personal use, you can use the hose outside".

We are spoiled in this area. Board is very cheap compared to a lot of other places. I believe part of the problem in Florida is that hay is super expensive and has to be imported. Good luck with your search.