VERO BEACH, Fla. — The horse pen is brand stinking new — plenty of stuff stinks here, by design — made of wood panels and enclosed to grant privacy for the animal and its handler.
You wouldn’t have the foggiest idea that one of baseball’s highest-paid players built this pen, or trains his horses in it, or owns this 88-acre piece of land located in what feels like the middle of nowhere even if it stands roughly 6 miles from Interstate 95.
Unless, that is, you stand right up against the structure, close enough to peer over it, and notice that the doorway is marked by a piece of string.