Community Details at a Glance
The Homes
Product
Raw equestrian land: 7 build-on-your-lot farm parcels, each just over 10 acres, sold for a custom barn-and-home build, not a finished house
Builder
No production builder; you bring your own builder and barn plan. Listing/development by Showcase Properties of Central Florida
Scale
A tiny deed-restricted enclave of only 7 lots, with no replacement supply once the lots are gone
Use
Deed-restricted equestrian acreage zoned for horses, with permitted barn apartments allowed on each lot
Costs & Fees
HOA
Only a small HOA fee; confirm the exact annual amount and what it covers (road, common area, gate) in writing before you offer
CDD
None expected on a small NW Marion ag enclave; confirm there is no CDD assessment on the specific lot's tax record
Reality
You are buying land plus a build budget. Price the lot, then layer in the barn, the home, the well, the septic, and the fencing to get your true all-in number
Amenities
Acreage
Just-over-10-acre lots already in pasture and beautifully treed, ready for horses on day one
Barn rights
Permitted barn apartments allowed, so you can build living quarters at the barn under the deed restrictions
Infrastructure
Underground electric and a stabilized concrete road already in place, which is rare for raw equestrian land
WEC proximity
About 5 minutes from the World Equestrian Center and a short drive to HITS, the two anchors of Ocala horse country
Location
Setting
NW Marion County horse country, marketed Ocala/Morriston, near the World Equestrian Center, ZIP 34482
World Equestrian Center
About 5 minutes to the WEC campus and its year-round show schedule
HITS
A short drive to HITS Post Time Farm for the winter show circuit
Access
NW Marion's US-27 / NW 80th and 100th Avenue corridor, with I-75 and Ocala services a short drive east
The Land & What You Build
Jumper Lane is not a subdivision of finished houses. It is a small enclave of seven build-on-your-lot farm parcels for horse owners who want to design their own barn and home in Ocala horse country.
Each lot runs just over 10 acres, already in pasture and beautifully treed, so you can turn horses out while you build.
The deed restrictions allow permitted barn apartments, which lets you build living quarters at the barn for a manager, a guest, or yourself during construction.
Underground electric and a stabilized concrete road are already in, which removes two of the biggest cost and timing risks of raw equestrian land.
Because there are only seven lots and no replacement supply, lot selection and position matter more than anything else here.
You bring your own builder and barn plan; there is no production builder dictating one floor plan.
Price the dirt, then build a realistic budget for the barn, the home, the well, the septic, and the fencing.
Living Here
Jumper Lane is for people whose life revolves around horses and the show calendar.
About five minutes from the World Equestrian Center, you can trailer in for a class and be home for evening feed.
A short drive reaches HITS for the winter circuit.
The lots are already in pasture with mature trees, so the land lives like a working farm from day one.
Underground electric and a finished concrete road keep the enclave clean and quiet.
Ocala's shopping, feed stores, equine vets, and services are a short drive east toward town.
With only seven owners, the enclave stays private and low-density, which is the point of buying acreage in horse country.
Permitted barn apartments give you flexibility most production communities never offer.
The honest tradeoff is that you are taking on a build, not moving into a finished home.
Before You Offer
On raw land, the diligence is about what you can build and what it will cost, not about a finished house. Pull the deed restrictions and confirm the exact rules on horses per acre, barn apartments, building setbacks, fencing, and any architectural review before you write an offer.
Confirm the well and septic plan for the specific lot, since there is no municipal water or sewer on rural NW Marion acreage. Get a soils and elevation read so you know where the barn and home pad sit, and pull the FEMA flood designation by parcel.
Verify the small HOA fee, what it actually covers (road maintenance, common area, gate), and whether there is any builder, build-by deadline, or impact-fee obligation tied to the lot.
Marion County agricultural and equestrian zoning is generous, but confirm the exact horses-per-acre allowance and any commercial-boarding limits for your intended use before you commit. Build a true all-in number that stacks the land price, the barn, the home, the well, the septic, and the fencing.
Comparisons
Jumper Lane competes for the horse owner building a farm near the World Equestrian Center, and its siblings in the same Showcase equestrian-developer family are the natural cross-shops. Against Sorrel Ridge in Morriston, a gated, deed-restricted enclave of 13 farms from 6 to 13 acres, Jumper Lane trades the gate and the larger lot range for a tighter, only-seven-lot scale and a sharper five-minute WEC location. Against Gold Crest, where 8 lots run 10 to 22-plus acres and HITS is 2.5 miles away but the WEC is roughly 20 minutes, Jumper Lane gives up the bigger acreage ceiling but wins decisively on WEC proximity. Against Westfield Farms, a gated community on developed pasture between the WEC and HITS, Jumper Lane is smaller and not gated but already has the concrete road, underground electric, and barn-apartment rights in place. Against Cardigan Hill, four hilltop lots about 15 miles from the WEC near Goethe State Forest, Jumper Lane is far closer to the show grounds. And against Horse Park Lane, which is built around the Florida Horse Park and the Greenway trails on the south side, Jumper Lane is the choice when your world is the WEC and HITS on the northwest side. The honest summary: Jumper Lane wins on WEC proximity, ready infrastructure, barn-apartment rights, and seven-lot scarcity, and gives ground on the gate, the larger-acreage options, and the trail access that some siblings offer.
Who It Fits
Jumper Lane fits the horse owner or trainer relocating to Ocala who wants to build a custom farm within five minutes of the World Equestrian Center, the buyer who values the rare combination of ready infrastructure (underground electric and a finished concrete road) on land that is already in pasture, and the buyer who wants the flexibility of permitted barn apartments. It fits the buyer who understands that only seven of these lots exist and that scarcity is part of the value. It does not fit the buyer who wants to move into a finished home, the buyer who is not prepared to manage a barn-and-home build with its well, septic, and fencing costs, the buyer who needs a large gated amenity community, or the buyer who wants more than the roughly 10 acres each lot offers. Anyone serious about Jumper Lane should pull the deed restrictions and confirm the horses-per-acre allowance, the barn-apartment rules, and the small HOA scope in writing first.
