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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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
VALKYRIE HORSES ROUND INTO FORM FOR DISTANCE SERIES
At the beginning of the year, the only 'distance' horse Valkyrie thought they'd have at the end of the year was Earthly Witch - who, instead, has won two legs of the Canadian Triple Tiara and is now elbowing her way into the open division ranks. In theory, that should leave Valkyrie high and dry for the last three-year-old races of the season. However, things rarely go to plan, and with the addition of the filly distance series, the farm has some prime candidates on offer.
Night Terror, a son of Frontier and Midnight Thriller, had had a somewhat lackluster first year and a half of racing compared to his siblings. Last year, Black Thriller took the Triple Crown. And what did younger brother have to show? Nothing at all - though that may be about to change. Night Terror won three of his last four races, including the Autumn Cup G4 Dirt*, and has ample HOTY experience against his division this year - including the Valorizzare Derby, which he is entered in this week. He's really put together a resume that should make him a threat in the series, and that will definitely propel him well into his four-year-old campaign. What more could we really ask for? Well, a Dirt Distance crown....
On the dirt fillies side, Exotic Dancer is probably the most surprising turnaround. After doing next to nothing at two, the filly has really decided to step up her game at three. In the manner of stablemate Gladiator, we're hoping this turnaround will lead to some unexpected Classic series wins. Zoey, as she's affectionately known, has won six races this year, including The Skip Away* this week. While that's her only foray into HOTY this year, we really think she's peaking at the right time and should make a splash against the other fillies. She hasn't run a lot of distance races, but she's never finished out of the money when running over 9 furlongs!
While we don't have a turf filly to throw into the mix, TTC contender Passionist will look to stretch his legs once more, but with an even stronger resume. Since the Belmont Turf Classic he has won two HOTY races, the Autumn Cup G4 Turf* and the Tawee Handicap*. "We just feel that he's stronger than [Man O'Glory] right now, which is saying quite a lot because that colt has been very consistent all year. Passionist likes distance and he's really starting to show maturity that says he's got a lot to give," stated Head Trainer Cole Mavecci, and his record really backs that up.
Perhaps the Valkyrie horses won't be the 'favorites' come race day, but they've definitely made it clear that they're going to show up and try to improve their record in any distance series, which is a win with Wyvern two years ago in the Super Derby*.
