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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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
The stable that started small with stock of insignificant lineage was very quick to take the 'Most Improved Stable of the Year' award in Year 17. They had flourished quickly, and not only had their foundation stock running and placing in HOTY meets, but seemed to have a knack for turning sub-par, purchased horses into classy HOTY competitors. We saw some individuals with the likes of Bona Fide and Dark Maiden overcoming stagnant careers in seemingly the blink of an eye. But they weren't all about the cure, as they soon showed us some of their original juveniles winning Triple Tiara legs and the likes. Their presence seemed steadfast as they continued to grow and thrive alongside the big-timers. But, seemingly with the drop of a hat, many of their horses were racing under different silks. And attempts to track them down only suggested something was amiss, but we never knew what.
I would like to say we had somewhat forgotten them, though their legacy continued through the likes of Mild Manic, Atlantic Deluge, Material Girl and so many other successful horses that were bred or previously trained on those rolling, green hills. And yet, with no prior warning, at this weeks races their white and teal silks were spotted rather inconspicuously amidst the mounting yards. The horses were young maidens we hadn't seen before and even the jockey's seemed to be new on the scene. Had the stable been purchased by somebody else? However, we were soon to find a familiar face track-side, none other than Connie Fae as she arrived to collect one of her young maiden's from the winning circle. Closer inspection of the form card revealed the familiar L.Turner as the horses trainer.
We were lucky enough to catch her for a chat as she hosed down the dainty bay juvenile, but she didn't have a whole lot to say. When asked if Highgrove was truly back, she didn't dwell on the question or respond with particular enthusiasm, but her answer was reassuring: "Yes, yes I suppose we are." It was less her words that were convincing and more the proud gaze cast across the sleek physique of the Beyond the Limits lined 2yo; a neat filly by the name of 'Lovely Lucy' who had just won her first start, albeit in an insignificant field. We tried to prod at where they had been all this time, and Connie's answer seemed to vaguely suggest Leo Turner, the stables head trainer, had been ill. It is hard to imagine the cheeky, rambunctious young man as anything less of his red-headed self, but for the head-strong trainer to have gone AWOL, one can speculate on some degree of seriousness.
Though Ms Fae was quick to move on with Lovely Lucy, we managed to persuade the young owner of Highgrove to speak with us more in-depth at a later date. Watch this space.