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
“Well, he’s no Persian Virtue,” Connie said, placing two cups of coffee on the table for herself and Leo; who thanked her with his usual cheeky smile, always brewing some way to be as optimistic as he was mischievous. “You do remember Perry didn’t run until she was 4, right?” the red-haired man leant back in his chair, always oozing with a quiet charisma, sipping the coffee with a grin.
Connie rolled her eyes, sitting down at the table to help Leo make notes in his training diary, “Every horse is a winner in your eyes.” It was true, Leo saw the best in every thoroughbred he trained, some more than others. He had always expected the colt of Persian Virtue and My Remedy would mature late, and take his time to thrive. “Really though. Perry thrived as an inexperienced four year old, My Remedy was nothing flash but he’s got the makings to be a good sire. Give Virtue a year or two, he’ll pick up.”
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Leo boosted Sam up into the jockey pad with an affirmative tap on his knee. My Virtue shifted eagerly beneath the weight of his rider, pacing forward whilst Sam sorted the reigns in his fingers - the bay colt eager to get moving. “He’s pretty fresh, give him a little breeze,” Leo instructed casually, jogging ahead to let the pair out onto the track.
Virtue inherited the no-fuss attitude of his parents, an easy going and sane type of youngster. He is easy to handle and forgiving of human’s, any difficulty in his training brought about by young testosterone and certainly never any malice. Sam clicked easily with most horses, but the colt’s gentle nature meant he got along particularly well with Virtue.
The colt moved through his paces easily. He was clearly green on the track but far more composed and confident than many of the youngsters. When his rider felt it was time, he eased the juvenile into a gallop, and Leo watched on with interest; perched on a top railing. He was a fluent and orderly horse, his strides were big and sweeping, and his scope was impressive. However, as yet, he didn’t seem to have the build for speed - perhaps needing the season to lay on some more maturity before he would really thrive.
