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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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 21:32:16 GMT -5
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[attr="class,"bioentry"]Hot-headed would be a word to describe Landslide (affectionately called 'Warren'). He's quick to get annoyed if something doesn't go as planned. Another way to describe him would be that person that gets bent out of shape when someone accidentally bumps into them in the hallway or steps on their foot. He isn't exactly an aggressive horse, he just refuses to let someone walk all over him. If someone jostles him too much, or if another horses gives him a hard time he'll flatten his ears, bare his teeth and scream at them. Yes, you heard that right - scream. It's a very unsettling, feral guttural sound but it's Warren's way of saying 'Back off!" without getting physical. He's very defensive and has a 'that's mine!' personality especially when it comes to eating. [break][break] Out in the paddock he'll chase off other horses from the hay bale and occasionally chases them away from a particularly tasty patch of grass. When someone's grooming him or leading him around, he'll give a half-rear when someone else talks or touches his handler as though they're interrupting his 'me-time'. Again, he's not an unruly horse he just doesn't handle well when he's being bossed around or if he feels as though things are not going as planned. He doesn't load into the trailer easily - that is he doesn't load into the trailer by being led he loads up on his own accord. If you bring him to the trailer and don't try to pull him into the trailer, he'll load up without a problem. You cannot keep a halter on him while he's out in the paddock as he'll ditch it as soon as you turn your back. However, don't fret as this colt is always waiting at the gate around evening time waiting to be brought back into his stall.
The colt's racing style is a reflection of his personality. When being led around the paddock before the race it's not unusual to have him buck or rear up just to show his moxie. He's all bunched up energy leading up to the gate and once there he'll fight you as he's being loaded into the gate as he insists on it being his idea to go into the gate. When he's finally safely tucked away within the gates, you'll hear nothing but the heaving blowing of his breath as he watches the turf spread out before him. The colt is now in his zone and nothing can break his concentration as he's already set his sights on getting across the finish line. As soon as the gates open he surges forward to always take an early lead. His jockey must always take care not to to jostle him too much or it could result in the jockey being unceremoniously dumped onto the track and Landslide continuing the race without them. [break][break]
Landslide makes up his own strategy and he'll keep the lead for a furlong or for the sole purpose of encouraging another horse to fight him for the position. Landslide will bait the challenger before pulling back as though he's thrown the race to them - normally he slips into the middle of the pack but refuses to allow himself to be boxed in. He normally takes up a spot on the outside of the pack and as soon as he hears the cheers of the crowd again he moves forward again. He has a tendency to finish with dramatic flair and proves to be a strong closer even though he could probably maintain a lead position the entire way through. Once he crosses the finish line he almost always gives a buck or three.