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
It was a nice combination of girls, Poppy, South and Venus. Poppy and South had experience on the track, whereas the new grey filly was unfortunately lacking. Bates had no doubt that the trio would be able to push each other, create a little competition in the workout. The plan was to run about 9 furlongs, see how Poppy and South did with a little competition, and to see how Venus measured up.
The three were warming up a bit as Bates hung over the rail with Zak by his side. "How do you think she'll go? Venus I mean." The assistant asked, eyes locked on the small filly as she cantered gracefully alongside Poppy. "She's got guts, and focus. I think she'll be alright," Bates too was focusing on the newcomer, but he glanced over the others as they started loading into the gate. South and Venus both loaded easily, although Poppy put up a little bit of a fight.
All three stared down the track, the jockeys knew the plan. They weren't doing anything full out, not quite yet. They were to take it a bit slower than they would normally up until the last furlong, then they could push their horses a little bit further.
The gates opened and the three poured out, still running at quite a decent speed but nowhere near as fast as they usually would. Venus had settled up front with both Poppy and South closing in just behind. It seemed Venus was fighting with Alex to go just the slightest bit faster while the other two pressured from behind. They kept a steady pace, nobody moving around much as they went around the track. As they neared the mile there was a noticeable increase of speed in all three. Poppy was pushing forwards a lot more, battling with Venus for that front spot. South was close behind, but was not yet contesting for the win.
As they neared the end South began pushing forwards, battling with both the younger fillies before she got a break and pulled quite a bit ahead. Poppy and Venus kept fighting for the spot, but as they ended, Poppy was the one who just managed to snag the second spot. Venus wasn't too far behind, ending near Poppy's shoulder.
The group had a long cool-down, the jockeys joking around as they did, while Bates and Zak looked at the schedule. They had a few more workouts for the day, it seemed they truly were back in business.
