Can anyone recommend a vet in Ocala that can do a pre-purchase exam for a horse at HITS. Thanks!
Dr. Barber is show vet. Might start there, or Peterson and Smith.
I used Dr. Blair but Dr. Verney was also recommended, both at Ocala Equine.
LetItBe
Peterson and Smith are the way to go. I most recently used Dr. Cadena for a PPE in July and was very pleased.
Dr Blair at Ocala Equine
I used Peterson and Smith for a PPE in October and was very disappointed. The vet (one of their senior vets) knew I was buying the horse sight unseen, yet he failed to make any mention of the Sweet Itch the horse had all along his belly ( on the phone he said that the horse had the usual Florida skin crud, but nothing was written down), or the sarcoid on his neck (big as a silver dollar), or the incomplete castration which made the horse look like he still had a testicle (Very apparent, I noticed it as soon as he got here). 
None of which alone would have made me reject him, but taken together these problems would have caused me to turn the horse down.
That said, I like the horse, but he is a real maintenance problem who requires surgery (which I have not yet had done because my insurance has refused to cover it… )
I would not ever use them again.
We just sold a horse here in Ocala and the buyer used Dr Karyn Labbe of Peak Performance, and she is affiliated with Dr B Furlong and Dr T Ober. She was VERY thorough and I will definitely plan to use her if we even need to vet one for ourselves. I think she touched every hair on his whole body. 
Damn, girl! You arrive in Ocala and have one sold and vetted the first week! That is impressive.
