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
Battleborn. Chris had chosen the colt’s racing name well, for he had been through the darkness and come through the other side. The dark bay colt was a little older than most racers when starting his career, but he loved to gallop and having fought so hard to overcome his harsh start he deserved a chance to prove himself and Mark was just the jockey to give him that chance.
Drake, as he was known around the yard, carried himself with dignity and grace. Each movement was purposeful, and there was no denying the power behind him. He walked by Rameses with seemingly no care in the world and when Mark approached, mounting with no fuss, he allowed it. He didn’t even miss a beat as the jockey landed in the saddle.
They were using the gates for this work, in an attempt to ensure that the colt really was ready to debut soon and he loaded with ease, standing quietly as he waited. Silence reigned, but for the breathing of the horse and his rider. The whole world melted away as Mark focussed. Now, it was just him and Drake.
The gates clattered open and Drake was not exactly quick from them. In a race, he would now be behind the majority of the field – if not all of it. But that did not phase Mark. He allowed the colt to find his stride and matched it. He could imagine other horses in front of them, the colt just running for fun as they made their way down the stretch toward a corner. The jockey urged him forwards, and Drake sped up a little and as they came to the end of the turn he suddenly pressed forwards, driving the muscular colt.
Drake got his head down and pushed, his acceleration impressive as they made their way down the straight. Mark kept asking for more, and Drake gave his all. They flew past the post and Mark started to slow the colt, finally bringing him down to a walk. A handler grabbed the rein, but Mark stayed in the saddle as he caught his breath, running his hand down the muscular neck. It had been more than he had expected, and he hoped that Chris was as impressed as he was.
