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Street Sense Colt Fetches $210,000 at FT Sale

A Street Sense colt brought $210,000 early in the afternoon during the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern fall yearling sale Oct. 1.

 Monday, October 01, 2012

M.J. Stavola Farms Property Purchased

A South Florida entity has paid nearly $17.3 million for one of the largest farm properties located near Ocala, Fla., according to public deed records.

 Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Bucksplasher, Sired Champion Buck's Boy, Dead

Bucksplasher, Sired Champion Buck's Boy, Dead

Bucksplasher, who sired Eclipse Award winner and Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT) victor Buck's Boy, died the first week of October.

 Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Hickeys Sell Part of Irish Acres in Florida

Horseman P. Noel Hickey and his wife, Margaret, have sold 153 acres of their 300-acre Irish Acres Farm near Ocala, Fla., for $1.54 million to a trust headed by real estate developer Steve Rudnianyn.

 Tuesday, October 07, 2003

Colorful Tour Tops Crafty Shaw in Razorback

Irish Acres Farm's front-running Colorful Tour won his fifth straight Sunday, holding off 6-5 favorite Crafty Shaw and Windward Passage in the $100,000 Razorback Handicap (gr. III) at Oaklawn Park.

 Sunday, March 16, 2003

Ocala Farm Owners Wary of Development Plan

A proposed Wal-Mart distribution center that would mean additional jobs for Marion County, Fla., continues to be a source of concern for many area farm owners.

 Thursday, June 13, 2002

Wal-Mart Eyes Florida Farm for Development

Wal-Mart is considering building a 1.2 million-square-foot distribution center north of Ocala, Fla., and one potential site is 100 acres of Noel Hickey's 320-acre Irish Acres farm.

 Monday, March 11, 2002