Florida's Oldest and Largest Pine Shavings and Packaging Facility for Equine Bedding

Located between Williston and Ocala, Florida, Derby Gold produces the finest sport horse and show animal bedding available.

The Hodge Brothers—Eddie, Johnny and Billy—have been involved in the timber and forest industries for more than 30 years. Derby Gold was originally established to provide performance quality bedding to the neighboring thoroughbred industry. Word of Derby Gold's performance enhancing qualities quickly spread to owners and trainers throughout the world of sport horse competitions.

Today, Derby Gold Equine Bedding is available direct from our Central Florida mill.

All DG premium pine shavings products are carefully processed and packaged in our quality–controlled facility—strategically located for immediate delivery throughout Florida and the US. We also ship by rail and to major ports for worldwide distribution.

All wood used in our premium pine products is harvested from pine plantations in Florida, owned or managed by the Williston Timber Company, a Hodge family enterprise. This assures quality control quite literally “from the seedling to the stall.” No additives. No recycled pallets or other waste wood, as often found in competitive products.

Derby Gold is 100% pure pine with naturally occurring odor reducing and hoof sustaining qualities.