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Aurora Acres Equestrian Center, owned by Dawn Butera and Danny Lott, is Southwest Florida's largest Gypsy Vanner Breeder. It has two facilities to better serve its clients and is getting ready to add a 3rd broodmare barn to Lady Lake, Florida this June. Its headquarters are located in Naples just off 951. This quiet, country setting on 3+ acres offers a comprehensive range of services for both horse and rider. Its secondary breeding facility is on 92 acres in Northern Florida in White Springs just 20 miles north of Lake City. They specialize in registered Gypsy Vanners but occasionally have other horses available in all locations. More>

Here is a timeline of my colt Stormy from when I had him as a weanling. There was a woman who bought three million dollars worth of race stock, only to put them in a field to die and she never paid for them. I drove out to Kentucky and brought seven of them home with me. More>

Irish couple, Brian Murphy and his charming wife, Catherine Egan Murphy recently bought a lovely house and farm just outside Ocala , Florida , the horse capital of the world.  Well known on the A rated East Coast Hunter/Jumper circuit for the past few seasons, this very competitive duo have won several prestigious championships with their European and Irish warmbloods. More>

10/6/05 - A Mississippi Vet Story - Jacqueline Broome, DVM, a mixed practice veterinarian from Gulfport, Miss., who managed to save 30 horses on her farm by turning them loose to weather the storm with their natural instincts, but she lost 29 of the animals in her clinic in town. More>