Final Furlong (FF) is a horse racing SIM unlike any other. Campaign your stable of horses, either created yourself or hailing from established lines. Found your own breeding empire by tapping into established lines or beginning your own. Done breeding? FF's unique post-career showing system will keep your favorites active for even longer! The sky is the limit here on FF and we look forward to you joining us. Welcome! :) Join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/4GV5V6Z
Kenren
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Cruisey
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Sunfrost
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Lolly
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Races close on Mondays at 9PM EST! Our Next Sale Begins: January Y22.
02/05/23 We're almost ready to kick off the New Year here at Final Furlong! The New Years Sale is still OPEN for bids - lots of ponies needing homes! As well, we're hoping to close January Week One races by MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6. However, if we need to extend closing date so more people can get entered, just let us know in the Discord. In addition to getting your pages ready, don't forget to use your bonus points if you'd like!
01/29/23 Congratulations to KENREN for winning the Y21 Breeders' Cup Betting Contest! You've won a breeding reserve to FIFTY DREAMS (Firestone Stud) and 2x 2 furlong extensions + 5 bonus horse points! Lolly finished 2nd, and Cruisey finished 3rd.
12/08/22 The Breeder's Cup Betting Contest will make a return for Y21!!! It'll be a little bit different because of the new points system, but get ready for some end of year fun 😄
11/21/22 Entries for the New Year Sale are now open! We know it seems a bit early, but with life things we're going to need time to make sure things are right lol. Please follow the link here: https://final-furlong.proboards.com/thread/2304/y22-new-year-sale
08/20/22 Judging has been the basis for issues for a long time - taking too long, drama regarding results, bias, etc. Kenren has attempted to put a points system together that keeps the spirit of our system while streamlining and standardizing the process. It's a lot to take in, but once you get in the swing of it, preparing pages with these points takes way less time than doing a layout change lol! If you have any questions, please post them in the judging-help channel on Discord for now. If anyone needs help with anything, please let an admin know! We would like to give everyone one week to get things settled, and then we would like to run July Wk 2 using this system closing 8/27/22 (or earlier if everyone is ready). If it works out, we would like to run two game weeks per RL week to get things moving! Thank you all so much for being her!e
07/27/22 To start July off fresh, we've been playing around with a new theme for Final Furlong! Make sure to check out 'Sonorous' under your profile ❤️ Feel free to use whatever theme works best for yourself. We can't wait to get back to racing!
07/21/22 it's official! We're back! It looks like June Wk 4 was almost fully judged, so make sure you get that updated if you hadn't! We will plan to close the next week (July Wk 1) on Thursday, August 4th. This close day may change, but it's not a bad place to start! For now we'll be doing one game week per RL week to get back into things. Please remember that starting the second half of the year, 3yos can compete against older horses without automatic lower placements.
As an aside, because this is fairly sudden after a whole year, we will not be allowing reclaims on horses for members not currently active for a few months. We will readdress this going forward if needed. Thank you all for understanding!
07/08/22 GO answer the poll ❤️ https://final-furlong.proboards.com/thread/2232/ff-restart-poll
Murphy's Law It was generally easy to tell when Murphy was first led out whether or not he was going to have a good workout. At times when he came out grumpily, not giving his jockey Isabelle too much trouble but his ears back nonetheless, he was likely to be difficult when he made his way around the track. It was on these days that the horse was often far lazier and far more stubborn when asked to do things, always frustrating to watch because he could be so good when he ran properly. It was lucky that Murphy never seemed to have any issues with his attitude on race day, something about the atmosphere seeming to motivate him and on these days he ran with absolute focus.
When Murphy came out as he did today, totally relaxed with his ears pricked forward and looking lively, it was likely to be a good workout. He acted a true gentleman and professional as he was led out, alert but not too excitable and easy for Isabelle to control with no hint of the bloody-minded stubbornness he sometimes displayed. He made life easy for Isabelle as she guided the lean grey through a canter, responding earnestly to all her cues and Alice couldn’t help but feel excited to be able to watch him run when he was in a mood like this.
Murphy was totally focused as Isabelle instructed him to speed up to a gallop and he eased into an easy-going gait. It was easy when watching the grey to forget how fast he was going because he managed to make it look effortless whilst swallowing up the ground with every stride. He covered ground well despite not being an especially big horse, looking a total professional as he glided down the track. The grey responded appropriately as Isabelle asked him to slow down slightly but then leapt back into action as soon as he was asked to speed up again. It was little wonder Isabelle enjoyed riding him so much when he was in a good mood, he could be an unbelievably smooth ride. She let him run flat out now as they swept down the final straight towards to wire, Murphy displaying his impressive reserves. Isabelle’s grin was from ear to ear as the pair soared past the wire.
