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
8 Furlongs On Dirt Candy Man | Joyanna Masters Cinderella | David Rittenhouse Crown Jewel | Sara DeMaria Split Xpress | Chloe Donahue
As the morning had grown brighter, and slightly warmer, attitudes had begun to improve. It could have also been that the coffee had kicked in, but either way, the grumpiest of the groups had finished, and everyone’s eyes were on the four who had just burst from the gates.
Without being challenged, Crown Jewel assumed the lead for the pack. Meticulously groomed, Sara edge the filly to the rail, letting her find her groove. Normally she’d sit behind one or two, but today the rest of the pack was trailing. So it was up to the blueblood from IRS stock to set the pace, and set it she did. With a bold reach, the filly ate up ground, her eyes forward and her hooves flying.
Keeping up well a few lengths behind, Cinderella was settled down to her task. She was a little wary of her snarky stablemate at her hip, pushing on her a bit, but she didn’t lose her confidence and retained her sure footing. David was happy to be riding her today, he liked to keep up with the horses he didn’t normally ride, and Cinders was a very nice filly for pretty much any jockey. She was ready to run, eager to please, and wasn’t rattled by the more ostentatious of the runners. Not overly tall, she made it for it in sturdiness, and would work toe to toe with the best of them.
Chewing on her bit, Split Xpress was biding her time. She really wanted to get at the leader, Jewel, but she didn’t want to move up too soon. Chloe was keeping the filly back, trying to communicate some steadiness to her. Lita was working out in her own mind if she should listen to her rider, or do what she thought was best. Sometimes Chloe would agree with her, but right now, she wasn’t. Cinders wasn’t giving her the time of day, and she wanted some prey, and relatively soon. With Cinders right behind Jewel, there was a clean path wide open to bound forward and take the lead – but she wasn’t being cued yet. Breaking against her rider’s hands, she overtook Cinders by a head, reveling in her victory.
Contentedly holding the rear guard, the sole colt of the group watched with curiosity at what the ladies were up to ahead of him. He’d given them some room, as his jockey had asked, and was waiting for when it was time to really let loose and go. Loving the young lady aboard, he was happier she hadn’t carried a crop. Joyanna knew this fellow didn’t need one, he was so happy and ready to go, he did perfectly on voice commands. She knew she’d need to carry one for real race days, but for today, she’d gotten away with not bringing one.
As the final two furlongs were looming, she kissed at her boy, and he put the pedal to the metal, swinging around to the side and taking off. That cued the fillies – Cinders put her nose to the grindstone, and Lita charged ahead to duke it out with Jewel, who wasn’t the least bit pleased to see competition for the first time in her race.
