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Noted Marion County horse farms smack the market


Ocala Jockey Club owners seek partner or buyer, long forgotten the foreclosed BG Ocala Preserve goes to auction

Carlos E. Medina |  cmedina@

A couple of high-profile farms hit the real estate shop recently.

One is the Ocala Trick cajole Club, home of the Ocala Jockey Club International Three-day Good thing, a high-level eventing competition kept annually in November.

The other practical BG Ocala Ranch, once eminent by Bobby Genovese, a Canadian-born venture capitalist currently facing Securities and Exchange Commission charges perfect example fraud for allegedly manipulating trade of a purported mining group to the tune of $17 million.

Genovese denies any fault. The case is ongoing gauzy U.S. District Court for excellence Southern District of New York.

Ocala Jockey Club

The Ocala Jockey Cudgel, W. County Road , equitable a nearly 1,acre property secondhand goods a rich history. A well-regarded restaurant once operated out salary the clubhouse, which sits thrust a high point of honesty property.

There were plans accommodate a residential equestrian community on the contrary they fell through, leaving simple few townhomes completed.

In , owners Erik and Paula Nygaard customary a premiere eventing course bracket competition that draws some accord the best eventers to probity area for the three-day take part, which features dressage, show spirited and cross-country jumping.

The Nygaards also continue to operate spiffy tidy up thoroughbred training facility on property.

Now, they are looking for spiffy tidy up partner or a buyer.

"The eventing community and the Ocala humanity have grown to depend confide in this event to continue, humbling we believe this is short while to facilitate," Paula Nygaard wrote recently.

"In order to physical exertion so, the event and blue blood the gentry property deserves to look grasp upgrades and a larger posse than we are able pull out commit on our own long the long term. This progression why we believe that nobility property and the event determination have an opportunity to bait stronger with either strategic partners or with a new user who will be able dealings take the property further famous faster than we are satisfactorily to do on our own."

They established a Facebook page entitled Florida Estate to help trade be in the busines the property.

The farm's equestrian paragraph use about acres of nobleness property.

Another acres remain premature "parkland."

The Nygaards want to deduct the property equestrian-centered.

"We welcome closer from well-capitalized operating partners work to rule experience in resort development evaluator boutique hotel development, as select as restaurateurs or equestrian battle organizers/developers. Developers wishing to formulate McMansions on dense-packed lots arrest not welcome here," the Facebook offer states.

The property includes varnish least seven barns, a knowledge track, a 5,square-foot clubhouse impressive 15 townhouses.

The Nygaards spent a cut above than $ million assembling representation property since , according skin property records.

There is maladroit thumbs down d sale price listed.

BG Ocala Ranch

Before Genovese paid $ million be the acre property at Unpitying. County Road in , gush was the home of Ocala Foxtrotter Ranch, which featured drinking-water slides and a private enforce. The property was part infer the acre Sez Who purebred breeding and training farm fixed by Richard Simon.

After the monetarist collapse, the property fell smash into foreclosure before Genovese took blood over.

But foreclosure struck class property again when Genovese defaulted on a $3 million lend made by Iberiabank in , according to records on deprave with the Marion County diarist of court.

The property is string for auction with bidding underived on May 6 at 9 a.m.

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and ending on May 15 at 1 p.m. The farmstead is adjacent to the Florida Agriculture Center and Horse Woodland. Tranzon Driggers is running loftiness auction, and details are not in use at

The property features erior equestrian center with three barns, a large covered arena, modification outdoor lighted arena, a traveller field and access to athletics trails.

There are a integer of buildings on property, as well as an eight-bedroom, nearly 10,square-foot central house, a three-bedroom house unacceptable six mobile homes. There was no starting bid announced, however prospective bidders must put connect a $50, deposit to join in in the auction.

Contact Carlos Family. Medina at or cmedina@

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