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
Hestia in the paddock before hitting the track - early 2020 Featuring: Big Star, Hestia & Hero’s Calling
The mud-thick morning fog had finally started to thin out over the synthetic track, the staff looking on as small groups of horses worked around the track in either direction. The plan for much of the racing string wasn’t really anything strenuous, mainly some jogs and gallops before returning to the barn for a nice cool down and some snacks. Carter had one arm wrapped around Evelyn’s torso, hugging her close for warmth as they watched one of the only other breezes of the day, Helios and Celestial Sword, go head-to-head in a 5-furlong breeze. The two horses were mesmerizing to watch, each horse gaining strength as they headed into their four and five-year-old seasons, respectively.
Evelyn popped her head over Carter’s shoulder and whistled at the time on her husband’s watch. She could tell her husband had a shit-eating grin on his face, which mirrored the expression of both jockeys as they walked towards them and back towards the stable.
“No doubt these two are going to eat up the track next season.” Carter smiled at Evelyn’s statement. ‘Eat up the track’ sounded like a huge understatement; both horses were looking fantastic.
“You better be as excited for the next group that’s just starting their warmup, my dear,” Carter playfully teased, plopping a kiss on her cheek before turning his attention to the trio rounding the turn at a jog. “Your filly is about to make her way out now.” Looking across the track, the horse Carter was talking about wasn’t hard to miss, especially when you put her beside others her age.
Hero’s Calling was, quite frankly, a gangly, long-legged giraffe with ears a little too large for the size of her head. Although gangly, Harlow wasn’t awkward at all. In fact, the brown filly seemed to float across the track, flicking her toes like a dressage horse that was dancing across an arena. Evelyn had simply adored her and saw her potential from the moment she was up on all four legs – legs she would most definitely grow into someday. Talia looked quite at home sitting on top of the filly, posting up and down effortlessly as they trotted down the long side of the track. Harlow’s expression was soft and accepting, although there was a spark in her eye that was telling her workout partners that she just wanted to go.
To the outside of Harlow and a little further out onto the track, the lone colt in the field was chewing on his bit aggressively, also anxious to get the ball rolling. Big Star was one of many that was highly anticipated in this year’s juvenile crop, being the first foal out of Firestone’s first Hall of Fame entrant – Innerstellar.
Looking at the colt, Carter couldn’t help but compare him to his sire. He was muscled in all of the right places, something that would also surely develop into more as he aged, had the same expression and build. Putting the two horses’ side by side would surely prove a challenge if you were trying to pick who was who, but Biggie’s face markings and the lack of socks would be the only thing that differed between the two. The colt’s tail was held high and streaming from behind him like a banner, and he truly did look majestic with Devon astride, who looked quite at home. The seasoned jockey had actually asked to be Biggie’s primary rider, something Carter would never have a problem with, anyways. Devon had a soft spot for the horses’ sire and remembered every moment like it was yesterday. Fast forward a few years, and it was Biggie’s turn to prove himself. The duo looked perfectly in sync, Devon easily transitioning him into a canter. Evelyn was trying to hide her smile behind the lip of her coffee mug, before gazing up at her husband, eyes sparkling with approval.
Her eyes trailed to the plain bay that completed the trio, watching as she floated beside her stablemates. Hestia, despite her height, didn’t look like she had a short stride that was uneven and bumpy. Rather, Naomi looked quite comfortable like she was on a rocking horse. Hess took her job seriously and looked the part, too. Her ears were pressed forward but were on a constant swivel, listening to her surroundings and the almost silent cues Naomi was giving her. Flying Solo had turned into quite the stallion at stud, producing two HoTY stars in his very first crop back in 2015. 2016 was no different, and his 2017 babies were starting to mature nicely going into their second season. Hess was easily the smallest of his current foals, but her dam Sugar Jayde wasn’t the tallest and still kicked everyone’s asses in her generation – something Hestia looked to do.
The trio of horses looked like a circus act as they started to gallop strongly across the backstretch of the track, the order going from tallest to smallest from the inside out. To the untrained eye, the workout would have looked like one big flurry of legs and heads bobbing together with each stride, but the couple standing along the rail easily could pick out their favourites. Harlow begrudgingly took the lead on the inside, ears flat against her head as Biggie breathed down her neck relentlessly. Naomi kept Hess’ pace steady and stride long without letting her get too pig-rooted in her mouth, and without a large field for her to sneak around in she had to settle for the outside roll. Better than being trapped on the inside, Naomi thought.
Each horse looked strong and fit, even for their age, and it made Carter happy. After a few years of experience, he was always learning new tips and tricks to training his rapidly growing string (25 senior horses were going to be a challenge itself). They looked on the ball, and Carter was happy. There was nothing more to be said about this group that was now thundering down the homestretch, not one of them wanting to give up their “lead” over the other. The new year would surely prove that these juveniles were supposed to be winners, and winners they would be!
