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About Us

Lesley Cox Equestrian is a hunter/jumper show stable located on 10 acres in Parrish, FL, convenient to I75, making it easily accessible from Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch and St. Petersburg as well as many other areas of Tampa Bay. The facility consists of a 20 stall center aisle barn that sits adjacent to a 135’ x 200’ covered riding arena. Horses are fed a high quality feed twice a day, along with hay that is fed four times a day. Both day and night turnout are offered and the owner lives on the premises. Rates currently start at $1250.00.
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Facility

Lesley Cox Equestrian offers and 18 stall center aisle barn that sits adjacent to a 135’x200’ covered riding arena.. Each 12×12 stall is equipped with matted floors, fans, and its own LED lighting. LCE has plenty of grass paddocks, offering day and night turnout,

as well as a lot of open space for setting jump courses on grass. The barn offers hot/cold wash racks, washer and dryer for laundry service, multiple grooming/tacking areas, a bathroom with a shower as well as a lounge for relaxing. The feeding program consists of top quality Seminole feed fed twice a day and hay is given four times a day, including a daily night check. Owner lives on-site. Rates starting at $975.00.

Client Testimonials

We could not expect a better place and trainer. I join the previous comment it is so refreshing to find horses that are truly cared for and to he able to have an extremely on point training as Lesley looks at every details. Our daughter has learned so much since we have been with Lesley and our Baby is care for like no other place. I also enjoy very much how organized Lesley is with showing, billing , lesson communication is extremely good. Awesome trainer and person !
Yannick Callamard
Client
via Google review
LCE is the perfect barn for us. Leslie is an extraordinary rider with the exceptional ability to apply her extensive experience and passion to help riders from entry level through mastery level. At the heart of it all, Leslie and anyone she allows to work with her riders and horses truly care. We have no doubt that our daughter’s riding goals and the development of her horse are in great hands.
Ken Smith
Client
via Google review
Lesley is an excellent rider and trainer! I am continually impressed with her intuition when it comes to the horses. The barn is well kept and there is a strong emphasis on safety, both on the ground and in the saddle.
Krista H
Client
via Google review
We recently moved to Florida and LCE has been a wonderful new barn for our family! Our daughter is 13 and has progressed wonderfully through Lesley’s instruction. The barn is a great energy, incredibly clean, professional, and provides top notch care for the horses. We could not recommend LCE more!
Brooke Wilkins
Client
via Google review

    Meet Lesley

    Lesley grew up riding in Virginia, competing up and down the east coast. She started training and bringing along young horses for a local farm, as well as teaching some lessons, throughout her teenage years. After high school, she immediately went to college to focus on obtaining her communications and psychology degree from Old Dominion University, while interning and working in various industries. Lesley became very successful in public relations, promotions, and sales but soon realized that her heart and real passion still revolved around caring for, riding and training horses.
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    This is when she decided to commit to making a life and successful career in the equestrian industry. When Lesley came to Florida she took a position working as the assistant to Clair Kellner at Kingsmeade Farm in Tampa. After some time, she accepted a head trainer position in Orlando for Highlife Farms, a top quality breeding facility. It was almost a year later at Highlife Farms, when Lesley was contacted by the Henter family and asked to be their trainer at their lovely farm named El Cazador Equestrian Center, located in Seminole, FL. The opportunities that were presented to Lesley, by working for Mel and Amber Henter, proved to be a turning point in her career.
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    to enjoy the grass roots level of competition
    This is when she decided to commit to making a life and successful career in the equestrian industry. When Lesley came to Florida she took a position working as the assistant to Clair Kellner at Kingsmeade Farm in Tampa. After some time, she accepted a head trainer position in Orlando for Highlife Farms, a top quality breeding facility. It was almost a year later at Highlife Farms, when Lesley was contacted by the Henter family and asked to be their trainer at their lovely farm named El Cazador Equestrian Center, located in Seminole, FL. The opportunities that were presented to Lesley, by working for Mel and Amber Henter, proved to be a turning point in her career.