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06/29/2025

Sounds like it could be a disaster

When last the Summer Olympic games were held at Santa Anita in 1984, the cross country portion of eventing was held off-site; that won't be the case in 2028.

"Alec [Lochore] certainly has a challenge on his hands as he now has to deliver on his feasibility study, probably on the most difficult site ever for an Olympic cross-country course."

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06/29/2025

Yesterday marks the 13th anniversary of the day 11 yr. old Avery Dudasch left this world because she was needed to do good in the next one but the legacy she left and the lesson she taught us are still with us and it’s to Live Life Fearlessly.

06/25/2025

The finished product looks pretty good!

06/25/2025

This week we are ripping up the entire dressage arena to improve it. Erosion and violent weather make maintaining the outdoor arenas very tough. After awhile the footing becomes uneven and inconsistent even with constant harrowing. We moved all of the railing and letters out, ripped up the hard spots with a deep harrow, evened out the footing and flattened it with a blade. The footing is really nice right now because of the recent moisture we have gotten. We are moving the C end in a few feet to avoid the worst of the ground slope and unevenness. It should be really nice in time for our dressage clinic at the end of this week and our dressage schooling show next Wednesday. Entries are still being accepted through Friday at www.bluehorseentries.com

06/23/2025

The P.F. Team had a fantastic competition the Round Top Horse Trials in Castle Rock this past Saturday! Nice weather and lots of friends and family showing up in support brought out the best in the Team! Everyone finished well and lots of ribbons were won to boot. It was a great day! Many thanks to the organizers and all of the volunteers at this event that made it happen!
Team Results:
🥇First pl/Starter/Amanda Porterfield and Last Call. They also won the TIP award!
🥈Second pl/Starter/Kayce Douglas and The Leprachaun
🥈Second pl/Beginner Novice/Darlene McInnes and RF Limerick. This was his first event!
🥉Third pl/Beginner Novice/Kelly Walsh and Mr. Fox
🥉Third pl/Vicki Dudasch on Gracefully Dun
7th pl/Beginner Novice/Stacy Whitton on Tricycle. Their first event at this level!
13th pl/Beginner novice/Jennifer Peck on Courage. Their first event at this level!
CONGRATS TO ALL 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

06/20/2025

Don't forget to sign up for our schooling dressage show on Wednesday, July 2nd! Practice your tests in front of our judge, Kathy Simard! Entering is easy at www.bluehorseentries.com more info at www.platinumfarms.org Questions? email at [email protected]

06/15/2025

Some of the P.F. Team went to a super fun schooling event at Pendragon Stud in Larkspur yesterday and had a fantastic time! This was the first show ever for all of these riders and their horses as a team!
The weather cooperated, everyone rode well, the horses tried hard and ribbons and smiles were had! Many thanks to Pendragon Stud for putting on a fun show and Congratulations to all!
🥇1st pl/BE Starter/Rochelle Costanza on Jamie Girouard’s young Mylo (Mylo’s first event!)
4th pl/BE Starter/Kristina Lee/Duncan Z (first event ever for both of them!)
5th pl/BE Starter/Jen Nilson/Fleetwood Diamond (first event together!)
*Rochelle and her green OTTB Mr. Brightside (Nelson) went for practice and successfully completed all three phases
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

06/07/2025

ANNOUNCEMENT! JUMPFEST ‘25 is canceled for this Sunday! Please SAVE THE DATE for our next scheduled JUMPFEST on JULY 27th! Platinum Farms got more heavy moisture today on top of what we got earlier in the week and now our arenas and course are basically under water. ☹️ Thank you for your understanding!

06/07/2025

ANNOUNCEMENT! The Platinum Farms JUMPFEST and Tack Sale is CANCELLED for this Sunday! Please SAVE THE DATE for our next scheduled JUMPFEST which is on July 27th! Too much rain over this entire week have put the arenas and course under water. Sorry for the inconvienence!

06/03/2025

Platinum Farms, LLC; www.platinumfarms.org is offering a schooling dressage show in Franktown, Colorado on Wednesday, July 2nd!

Entries are now being accepted - sign up for traditional or eventing tests. This show fills fast so enter early online: https://bluehorseentries.com/events/platinum-farms-dressage-schooling-show-72025

06/03/2025

Some of the P.F. Team competed at The Event at Archer in Cheyenne, WY this past weekend. Everyone did amazing and what a well run, fantastic event this was! They also redesigned the Xc course and it had all the questions and was super fun to ride. CONGRATS TO ALL!
Team Results:
🥇1st pl/Novice YR/Lauren Fedorcyzk on Galicia ending on their dressage score and this was their first time at this level together!!
🥈2nd pl/Novice YR/Olivia Brayman on Oakdale. This was their first time at this level together!
🥈2nd pl/Open Novice/Rochelle Costanza on Eye Candy
🥉3rd pl/Open Preliminary/Ron Stevens on High Hopes Viking. First time at this level!!!
7th pl/BNA-B/Meghan McNamara/Pied N True. First time at this level!
*Mr. Brightside (Nelson), ridden by Rochelle Costanza, did not compete but made his debut at the tadpole level for his first ever show outing
*Britany Chism and Mr. Popcorn had a beautiful dressage test and Xc round at the Training Level but unfortunately sustained a Technical Error in show jumping

05/25/2025

Mother Nature strikes again! After this hail storm this afternoon, several more storms passed through and it is supposed to continue to rain tomorrow and Monday as well. We are drenched to say the least so we are sorry to say that our JUMPFEST ‘25 is postponed from Monday, May 26th until Saturday, June 7th. Thanks for your patience and we hope you can all make the new date!