Welcome to Final Furlong! Final Furlong is a free, active, realistic simulated horseracing game. It uses a database back-end to automate entries, race results, sales, auctions, breedings, etc...this means less waiting around, and more fun! Races are run two days a week, rain or shine. We have a large group of active and loyal members, but are always welcoming more, so feel free to look around and see if you'd like to become part of the fun!


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Site Stats Racing
FF Date: May 9, 2012 6:42pm
123,393 people have visited since Aug 8, 2004
481 visitors today (Ave. 86/day)		 15,625 races have been run.
50 races were run 2 days ago with 312 horses.
50 races will be run tomorrow with 364 horses.
Members Horses
150 members currently in Final Furlong
Newest Member: Emily Gottschalk of Hillcrest Farm
56 people waiting to join

There are 4 guests online.
There are 5 members online.
Shanthi of Stillwater Farms
Deanna of Gust O'Wind Farm
Bam of Snowbird International
Cat of Cricket Hill
 10,203 horses in Final Furlong
5,544 racehorses
88 stallions
1,733 broodmare
1,188 yearling
1,080 weanling
603 foals expected in 2012
History of Final Furlong Final Furlong started in November 1997, though at the time it was called Virtual Racing. It had many active members and used a program called Stretch Drive to run races. In 2000, however, Shanthi shut down Virtual Racing, supposedly permanently. She deleted all of the files from her computer so that she could focus solely on schoolwork, as she was in college studying pre-veterinary work at the time.

However, that hiatus lasted a mere month, and soon Virtual Racing was reborn...as Final Furlong. (This was greatly helped by Shanthi changing majors to Information Technology ;-)).

Final Furlong had more members than before, and Shanthi soon grew tired of all the countless hours of recordkeeping involved in running the game. She began exploring the option of running the game using a database to help keep track of records. She spent the next few years, with the help of fellow-conspirator Andrea, learning various code languages to try and implement automation without losing the personal feel of the game. Keeping the game personal and fun was a top priority, as there are too many games out there with thousands of members that just make people feel lost and alone instead of part of an active, welcoming community.

Today, the work still continues...Shanthi devotes a large part of her free time towards improving Final Furlong as much as possible. Comments and suggestions on further improvements are always welcome.
About the Owner Shanthi is a young woman living in North Carolina. She has fostered a love of horses since before she can remember, and has been riding since age 4. She has competed extensively in hunters, though jumpers and eventing are more to her liking (and more fitting with her abilities). She bought her first horse, Java, in 1998, but sadly only owned her for 3 1/2 years before she died due to a broken leg. In 2002, she bought a weanling filly named Emma, whom she trained for 3 years before selling her. Currently, she owns a 2001 Thoroughbred mare named Magic, who retired from the track 3 days before Shanthi bought her. Shanthi hopes to own a Thoroughbred/Warmblood sporthorse breeding and training facility someday.