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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Cruisey
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Sunfrost
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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
Post by S u N f r O s T ~ on Apr 11, 2018 21:10:52 GMT -5
IF YOU WANT TO ENTER THIS TOURNAMENT, ALL OF THIS INFORMATION MUST BE READ. Believe me, reading it is in your best interests.
Information The Best Bred Tournament is an annual tournament run by SOPS every year (though we missed Y16!!). It does not take place in any specified game week; rather, it is simply opened and then closed according to real life dates. This event should be highly regarded; the prizes for winning are lucrative reserves to very good horses.
This year, entries will close January 20th, 2018. The event shall run shortly afterward. I will judge each and every event.
Judging As the title suggests, the best bred horse will win this tournament. I will be judging mainly off of bloodline suitability to the class entered. There will be a little bit of personality judging thrown in as well which will serve as a type of tiebreaker, but the main judging will be on bloodlines. I know bloodlines don't determine everything; however, this tournament was formed to honor the yearlings and weanlings with the best bloodlines.
Entry Requirements 1. Your horse must be a SIM bred horse with a SIM pedigree. Created/original horses will not be allowed. Horses from made-up parents will not be allowed.
2. One horse per member per division. You can enter one horse in everything if you want; however, you can't enter two in one division. You'll have to make the decision. It is possible that if there is a lack of entries, you will be allowed to enter more than one horse per division. Stay tuned!
On an additional note, horses can only be entered in one division. If there is a lack of entries, entering one horse into more than one division may be permitted.
3. Horses entering the yearling division must have been born in year sixteen; horses entering the weanling division must have been born in year seventeen (this year).
4. Horses that won a weanling category last year are not allowed to enter a yearling category this year UNLESS it is for a different distance group or surface. For Y17, this rule is not applicable because this tournament did not run in Y16.
5. Got a horse with a distance extension, or just some funky distance you don't know what to do with? Here is a list of where you would enter those horses:
5-8 must be entered in Sprints; this horse CANNOT enter Milers
5-9 can be entered in Sprints or Milers; this horse CANNOT enter Classics
5-10 can be entered in Sprints or Milers; if the horse has remarkable parentaqe for Classics on at least one side, it can also enter Classics with personal permission from me
6-9 can be entered in Sprints or Milers; this horse CANNOT enter Classics
6-10 can be entered in Sprints or Milers; if the horse has remarkable parentage for Classics on at least one side, it can also enter Classics with personal permission from me
6-11 can be entered in Milers or Classics; if the horse has remarkable parentage for Sprints on at least one side, it can also enter Sprints with special permission from me; if the horse has remarkable parentage for Marathoners on at least one side, it can also enter Marathons with special permission from me
7-10 can be entered in Milers or Classics; this horse CANNOT enter Sprints
7-11 can be entered in Milers or Classics; this horse CANNOT enter Marathons
7-12 must be entered in Classics; if the horse has remarkable parentage for Milers on at least one side, it can also enter Milers with special permission from me; if the horse has remarkable parentage for Marathons on at least one side, it can also enter Marathons with special permission from me
6. Have a dual surface horse and don't know where to enter? Enter the horse on the surface that is most strongly favored by the horse's pedigree. Even if the parents were dual surface, often a horse favors one surface over the other even slightly. Dual-surfaced classic distance horses may also enter the Canadian Triple Series divisions!
7. Not sure where to enter? PM me!
8. Follow all additional entry instructions in the separate entry threads. Good luck and have fun!
Division Definitions Sprints = Your horse is bred to enjoy distances ranging from five to seven furlongs.
Milers = Your horse is bred to dominate races from seven to nine furlongs.
Classics = Your horse is bred to excel at running ten to twelve furlongs.
Marathons = Your horse is bred to excel at running eleven or twelve furlongs, moreso than at nine and ten furlongs.
