Lesley Cox Equestrian

06/17/2025

Wow! What a great first week at WEC for LCE 🥳

- Ipanema and Emily Smith won both of their hunter classes on Sat and were 🥈in the Hunter Classic

- Fanlehane Valentino and Krista Hodgkin were Reserve Champion in BOTH the 3’ Adult Equitation as well as the Adult Amateur Hunters 💪

- Sambuca and Emily Odle made their debut together at WEC for the first time and received top ribbons in the Low Adults and finished 6th in their first Derby!

- Ferrek and Mia Wilkins are still trying to figure each other out since they moved up to the 2’6. We are proud of these two for winning the 6th place spot in the Hunter Classic!

- Haz Ma Taz and Finley Johnson consistently finished in the top 5 in all of their classes out of a large group!

We will all miss you ! Good luck with your move and we hope to see you again soon 💕

06/04/2025

Congratulations to all of our riders at the PCHA show in Tampa this past weekend! Some of our highlights include:

*Mia and Ferrek finished Reserve Champion in the Pre-Children’s Hunters

*Emily and Sambuca were Champion in both the Pre-Adult Equitation as well as the Pre-Adult Hunters 💪

*Krista and Fanlehane Valentino won the Adult Amateur Medal, was Champion in the Adult Amateur Hunters and finished up the Adult Amateur Equitation taking the Reserve Champion ribbon 🙌

*Gabriella and Poppin competed for the first time together and won the classic round in the cross rails🥇

*Isla and Miss Kitty won their Walk/Trot Equitation on the flat out of a really big group! 🥇

We are looking forward to WEC next week!

05/28/2025

In true fashion I’m posting this a little bit late; it seems I need the time to reflect before I make a post. Two weeks ago today I lost my little buddy; I only let him outside for 3 minutes and he was gone …. Just gone Carson was 14 years old and he was my constant. He had been through so many big life changes with me, some good some not so good, but he was always there. I really miss him so much and never thought I wouldn’t get the chance to say goodbye. To you Carson, I love you little buddy. Until we see each other again, rest easy my friend. 💔

05/05/2025

The art of riding is being an easy weight to carry!

When the rider is in complete harmony with the movement of the horse, the inconvenience of the weight of the rider will be minimal for the horse. However if the rider is against the movement of the horse, ie. if he loses his balance often or if he falls backwards or forwards, then he asks a great deal of adjustment from the horse.

03/22/2025

Thank you for the opportunity to bring this special mare along!

03/10/2025

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine took his young, promising FEI horse to a big indoor show—their first after a season of success in outdoor competition. The Grand Prix went well. But in the freestyle, his poor horse was overwhelmed by the environment and utterly lost the plot. My friend had to pil...

02/21/2025

I really can’t call this “work” when I’m doing what I love. Thank you for trusting me with this special guy! And thank you to for keeping me in the saddle no matter what life throws at me 💪

02/20/2025

This!

One critical truth about training horses is that on no given day is it possible to make much progress, but on any given day it is possible to set a horse substantially back, and, worst case, even possible to destroy a horse.

Improvement is as slow as watching grass grow, but one temper tantrum, one hard gallop, one big over-jumping session can scare or hurt the best trained horse.

Slow to make a well trained horse, but fast as a lightning bolt to ruin one. And after that has happened, no amount of regret can change it.

Watch grass grow, Nothing visible happens, Same with the daily, weekly horse schooling. It’s happening, but too gradually to see. But in keeping with the grass analogy, all that growth can be mown down in one instant.

No temper, no drama, much safer. Temper can be as lethal as a scythe blade.

02/19/2025

What a great week we had ! From the walk trot to the green hunters we came home with a lot of blue ribbons and smiling faces:)) We are looking forward to week 3!

02/06/2025

https://www.theplaidhorse.com/2025/01/24/things-your-trainer-may-or-may-not-want-you-to-know/

By Ariel Univer As a trainer, I keep very few secrets from my clients. Where some may be more tight lipped or filtered, by nature I’m more of an open book. This is true for myself professionally and personally. It has served me well at times… and at other times caused me some issues. For […]

02/04/2025