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
John hadn't been planning to acquire any more horses this year especially not with the surge of yearlings starting their training in August in preparation for the Y19 debuts. Yet even he couldn't resist the temptation of yet another Super Sparky foal when Kim mentioned the offer. "It's a foal from his very first crop when he first started his stud career!" The stable-owner had explained when she showed him the email of the horses from Montgomery Acres. It had been a light dispersal of sorts to help the stable lower its stock to a more manageable number before the semi-annual sale rolled around in the summer.
Both the owner and trainer headed out to the track just as McKinney was trotting the mare onto the dirt track. The mare had ran well on both surfaces thanks to her sire's influence. Sora stopped before the starting gate, pricking her ears before neighing out a reply to a horse that had called out from one of the pastures in the distance. The mare was a sleek bay with a broken blaze and wide, kind eyes. She had a great disposition, not exactly average nor perfect. She had her moments, but she enjoyed being challenged and pushed to her limits whenever possible. If one simply asked something of the mare while racing she'd always give even when she could not. What mattered the most is that she was always willing to try when her rider asked.
"She doesn't look like her sire or dam, but she's got those big, kind eyes like Sparky." John mused as he leaned against the track fence. Kim came to stand near him just as the jockey began working the mare around the track. The mare had a huge stride, eating up the ground with relative ease. "I feel like she's been held back throughout the years - just like what happened with Super Sparky. I mean, she had a rough 4 year old season, but horses are unpredictable." Kim commented as she watched the mare's bunch together with every length covered. "She can still accomplish more. Just look at her run. She's 5 but she wants to keep on giving, she could race to the end of her sixth year and still want to keep on giving." John nodded approvingly as the mare rushed pass them before her jockey began to tighten up on the reins and slow her down.
"So long as she wants to keep trying, we'll do the same." Kim nodded as McKinney headed back towards them on the mare.
