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
The triple threat siblings - Mardi Gras, Partyatthedisco and now, Party O'War - have been known as a pleasant group of horses to be around. Not only do they sport near perfect conformation, they practically radiate good vibes with their easy-going demeanor. Party O'War was no different, the last possible full-sibling to the two mares as their dam had trouble foaling the big black colt and had to be euthanized.
Party O'War didn't let that change his look on life, however, even when he was taken up by a nurse mare. He quickly became accustomed to KC Racing and almost immediately started to look forward to his jockey coming down the barn aisle. "And I thought BB was a lotta horse." Justin McKinney sounded surprised as the tacked up colt was led out to the track, prancing as he went.
"BB" or Partyatthedisco was the colt's older 4 year old sister that was just a few wins shy of G2. Yet BB was lanky and leggy much like a greyhound, Party O'War - Conan - was built very similar but he had tons of power in his stride and he was built like an athletic tank. "You sure you can handle that much horse, Andy?" Justin joked as the younger jockey got a leg up into the saddle of the two year old. I don't need your input, Justin. Andy retorted as he clucked his tongue to the colt who immediately trotted forward.
The big black colt was always a bit antsy when being loaded into the gate and as the gates closed he balked a bit before quieting down. Breathing through flared nostrils and trying to look behind him despite his blinkers it was obvious that the colt was ready to go. Andy gripped the horse's reins tightly because he knew what was going to happen next.
John had instructed the jockey to never hold the colt back too much, knowing full well that if the colt was restrained too much he'd fight Andy the entire race. Soon the gates flew open and the colt shot out with a sudden burst of speed as though he had been launched out of a cannon. Easy Conan, going to aim for ten furlongs today. The black colt was always out to outdo himself, to go beyond the records that were set upon him. He settled into a fast pace and kept to the inside rail all on his own, his jockey merely there for the ride.
He was an incredibly intelligent colt and was much more than just his looks. He dug into the dirt, seeming to purposely kick up the ground as though already anticipating horses running behind him. The colt wasn't afraid to play dirty and use the track to his advantage. With nostrils flaring, he rounded the last corner into the stretch which is when Andy loosened the grip on the reins and let the colt go.
Party O'War surged forward like a machine shifting gears and lengthened his stride to cover more ground. To say that the colt was flying down the track was an understatement as he uncoiled himself and surged across the finish line marker.
