GBC
Length/Distance

Furlong (fur)

Modern equivalent

220 yards = 201.168 metres

Originally the length of a furrow in one acre of ploughed land; survives in horse racing.

Stemming from Old English agricultural practices where oxen ploughed long rectangular strips, the furlong endures today as the primary distance marker on British and international racecourses.

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