The Budweiser Clydesdales during Thursday’s performance at the 2014 Live Oak International. (Photo courtesy of JRPR)

Ocala, FL - Live from the Live Oak International, tune your radio dial in to Friday and Saturday morning broadcasts bringing Ocala the most interesting characters and champions competing this weekend at Florida horse country’s most prestigious annual tradition.

Friday, March 21, WOCA Radio 96.3FM/1370AM will air “Horse Sense” presented by the Equine Alliance of Marion County live 9:30 a.m.to 11:00 a.m. with news talk show hosts Joe Martone and Crystal Fernung.

Saturday morning, NBC Sports Radio 100.1FM/900 AM will broadcast “Horsetalk” presented by Tack Shack of Ocala, live from Live Oak from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. with  host Louisa Barton. Or listen live online anywhere at floridasportstalk.fm.

Wake up with some of the most famous horses and horsemen in the world as Ocala’s favorite morning radio hosts take you behind the scenes with the competition, talk with its defending champions, and learn about the horses, athletes and local volunteers who make Live Oak International one of the most important Ocala events of the year.

The Live Oak International CAI/CSI-W 2*, now through Sunday, March 23, at Live Oak Plantation is hosting 2012 British Olympic Team Gold Medalist Ben Maher, 2012 Olympic Bronze Medalist Cian O’Connor, Olympian McLain Ward, 10-time National Four-in-Hand Champion Chester Weber, and the Super Bowl’s world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales. Live Oak also was selected by the U.S. Equestrian Federation (USEF) to host Ocala's only 2014 Showjumping World Cup qualifier.

For more information on the Live Oak International please visit www.liveoakinternational.com. Follow Horsetalk, presented by Tack Shack of Ocala, on NBC Sports Radio at floridasportstalk.fm.