The Florida Horse Park - Jen Oswald Photography

Sunday, April 24, 2016

Have you been to the Florida Horse Park in Ocala? If not, it's a great to spend a Saturday or Sunday! They have so many great animal related events, usually horse or dog related. Being huge animal fans (especially horse and dog fans!), my husband and I try to make it out as often as possible. Especially when my riding instructor friend, Sarah Mackusick, is out there with her students who are competing! I grew up with Sarah, riding at the barn and mucking out our horse's stalls together. It's pretty cool to see her now with a barn where kids can grow up like we did. So whenever she is at a nearby event, I try to see her as much as possible. As a perk, I LOVE to photograph equine events. It's a huge passion of mine. Especially eventing! For those of you who don't know what eventing is, it is like a triathlon of equestrian sports. Each rider must compete in the disciplines of dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. Cross country is my favorite to photograph. It is full of excitement as horse and rider gallop across fields and jump over logs, into water, on and off banks, etc. I love it! Last weekend I went to see Sarah and got to catch a little bit of cross country and a few dressage riders during the Ocala International. It was a blast!