Fifteen majestic statues, all six-foot-tall milky white fiberglass horses, were the center of attention on Thursday as dozens of people scurried around a large warehouse in Ocala with excitement that the fourth Horse Fever event in 20 years was finally kicking off.
These unfinished naked horses, as event organizers called them, will become masterpieces and placed on display during most of March for the community to enjoy. Then, the owners will designate where they will go to pasture.
Many mask-wearing dignitaries, artists and patrons walked around a small section of Transformco s mammoth warehouse, once Ocala s Kmart Distribution Center, to chat about Horse Fever 20/20.