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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
BREEDER'S CUP JUVENILE FILLIES TURF* - 9F T 2YOS F G5+ WIN Racketeer PLACE Hooded Hero SHOW Crown Jewel fourth Acrimony fifth Innocence's Call sixth Cadenza's Kiss
BREEDER'S CUP TURF SPRINT* - 6F T 3YOS+ G4+ WIN Speedy Tomcat PLACE Arlecat SHOW French Revival FOURTH Demon Prince FIFTH Mild Manic SIXTH Roundtable Rival SEVENTH Hemingway
BREEDER'S CUP FILLY AND MARE MARATHON* - 12F D 3YOS+ F/M G4+ WIN Natural Defiance PLACE Exotic Dancer SHOW Ouro Lume FOURTH Mircalla FIFTH Silver Seraph SIXTH Fabled Finale
BREEDER'S CUP TURF* - 10F T 3YOS+ G3+ FIRST Mudslide SECOND In My Remains THIRD War of the Worlds FOURTH Bel Fuocco FIFTH Tortuga SIXTH Usurper SEVENTH Zephyrus
The sun may be starting to set on what has become an unforgettable afternoon here at The Wire, but these horses are leaving this track with a brighter future ahead for all! What a day this has become, ladies and gentleman. As we start to wrap up the second half this Breeder's Cup card, this race brings a spotlight to our future stars in the Breeder's Cup Juvenile.
Running at nine furlongs, we will get to see a talented group of young colts try to stamp their name in the BC winner's circle. Veiled Threat leads the field onto the track looking pretty good in the red number one pad. While he may not have raced as many times as some of the other horses in this field, this horse doesn't seem to need much prep at all. His second place in the Sunset Crusade's Battle Stakes proved he ran a good race even with a wide trip. He has some speed and should be tough on the drop, if he can get out on top again he may prove tough to run down.
Not far behind him in the blue comes Robin Hood. This colt hasn't raced since November Week 4, where he ran on the turf and placed second. His last dirt outing was back in September, where he faced Questionable and three others and ran a solid third. He figures to be one of the pacesetters here, but now has a more challenging task running on the dirt against this group. He's definitely showing some of his moves, the pony rider seems to be having some difficulty keeping him in line.
In the white pad comes Bootlegger, who is coincidentally also related to Veiled Threat through the sire. The books show that his last race wasn't a true showcase of his talents, as he was a winner two weeks prior in the final leg of the Youth Challenge series for juveniles. Bootlegger got hooked three-wide in a speed duel last time and came up completely empty. His previous effort was a solid fifth, and he draws well this time. A rebound is not out of the question. There is no doubt his team prepared him well for his journey here, we'll see what he can produce today.
Tudor Rose sports the yellow number four as he starts to bounce on his toes. He is the only colt out of the six where all of his wins have been in HoTY races. While having never won a race on The Wire's dirt track yet, that didn't stop the bettors from choosing him as the heavy favourite for this race today. Fair enough as he also has won a leg of the Youth Challenge in October. He came up empty after tracking the pace in his last outing, but there's a high chance he could be a speed threat against everyone today. This colt is staying cool, calm and collected and is acting very mature for his age.
Coventry looks good in green for post number five. While not having hit the winners circle since September, Coventry has still been extremely consistent in form. He was out of his element as he dueled on the lead and gave way to be fourth in the same race Veiled Threat and Bootlegger exited. His consistency makes him the second favourite on the board today, he is capable of better and will be one to watch as his team hopes for a rebound win.
Rounding the field comes the black stallion in black and yellow. Questionable looks like he's having the time of his life out there. He angled wide and chased for a well-beaten third place finish last time in the Youth Challenge. Although he hasn't been in the winner's circle since July, Questionable's performances are not as bad an effort as it looks on paper. His recent form isn’t bad and he could earn another placing if the pace is right.
It's post time ladies and gentleman!
BREEDER'S CUP JUVENILE* - 9F D 2YOS G5+ WIN Veiled Threat (nose) PLACE Tudor Rose (head bob) SHOW Coventry fourth Bootlegger fifth Questionable sixth Robin Hood
Side note: Y'all, this was really hard to judge lol. It was extremely hard to separate them all, and I love all of them. Also sorry for not writing an actual race description, I figured I'd switch it up and put something different from a handicappers perspective!
BREEDER'S CUP FILLY AND MARE TURF MILE* - 8F T 3YO+ F/M G4+ WIN Golden Envoy PLACE Deceptive Darling SHOW Arsenia fourth Piece Of Me fifth Atlantic Deluge