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
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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
Battle Brook Stable has been operating under the radar this season, successfully, but without the usual pomp and circumstance it normally does. Ripley Marsh broke the radio silence following the completion of the June Wk 2 racing with the solemn news that both Altercation and Ground Zero have been retired from racing. The stable's roster has shrunk a bit over the last several weeks between public sales, private sales and these two retirements. Altercation, a six year old son of Worldbreaker and HOF-producer Royal Assault, hasn't been to the races since his second place finish in the twelve furlong Rosalind Legacy Stakes at Green Horse Fields, May Wk 3. According to Marsh, the 85-race war horse had come out of the race a little more stiff and sore than usual. X-rays and ultrasounds were down on the limbs and it was discovered the stallion had anticipated wear and tear that prompted his retirement. The bay horse experienced a bit of a twilight period in his six year old season, with two HOTY wins on the season. His final record stands at 85-19-29-18.
He won HOTY level races in each of his last four seasons, among them the Y16 Breeders Stakes, the final leg of the Canadian Triple Crown. "Although we are saddened that Altercation's racing career has come to a conclusion, we are very excited to welcome a son of our star-producer, Royal Assault to the stallion roster. Throughout his career, Altercation demonstrated durability, class and heart. By winning HOTY races at three, four, five and six years of age, breeders can expect his foals to carry the same long-range career promise." Ground Zero's retirement was a bit more unexpected for the team, but a tendon injury became apparent back at the barn following his fourth place effort in the Senior Turf Mile. The handsome is well-loved at Battle Brook and although, the tendon is something that he will recover from, he will not be able to return to his previous top form. Ground Zero started from modest beginnings, bred when DW Flamekissed wasn't the stallion powerhouse that he has become and when the dust had long since settled on Dare To Dream's myriad of trophies.
The horse truly turned a corner in his five year old season and never looked back. Between Year Eighteen and Nineteen, Ground Zero took home six HOTY races and raced in 24 top echelon level races. His fierceness in competition was remarked upon every time he raced. David Carter, Ground Zero's jockey for the last two years remarked on his final race effort: "I knew something wasn't right when we entered the stretch. He just wasn't there for me like he normally is. He's a quick son of a gun and when he was just staying consistent, not even trying, I knew he wasn't firing on all cylinders. He's a dream horse to ride usually and I just feel bad for him that he doesn't get to go out in the winner's circle. Ripley'll do the right thing by him and he's going to be a top level replacement for his sire. The horse is practically his sire's look a-like and I know Ripley has breeding plans in the works for him."
Ground Zero's final record stands at 74-20-18-20. Among his HOTY victories are Y18 Spook Express Stakes, Y18 Flight Of Fancy Legacy Stakes, Y18 La Costa Stakes, Y19 Unicorn Horn Turf Mile, Y19 Eden's March Mile and lastly, the Y19 Elate Stakes.
Both stallions will be available for viewing in the fall and will be open for 1 breeding each in Y20.
