Converse of object

• enter: Frankie Dettori settled the 5-1 second-favourite back in the field but steadily made headway to go past Westerner entering the final furlong.

• run: How do we know SP doesnt stay a truly run 12 furlongs?

• stay: Did she not handle the dirt, fail to stay the 6 furlongs or did she run her race in that last workout?

• go: Mick got off him at Windsor and said go seven furlongs with him.

• win: She had got the race won two furlongs out.

• approach: But who will clinch the title, as the championship approaches the final furlong?

Adjective modifier

• final: On his debut at Chepstow last autumn he swept past Clearing inside the final furlong to win going away.

• last: The jockey nodded; but in the race found himself coming to the last furlong a length down on the leader.

• few: In recent years the first few furlongs contained no running rail, just open heath.

Modifies a noun

• canal: Birmingham & Warwick Junction Canal James Potter He was appointed engineer for the building of the 2 mile 5 furlong canal with 6 locks.

• pole: Is that a furlong pole or does it mean something else?

• marker: While plainly no su We're going to ring a bell at the two furlong marker and shout ' last orders ' .

• course: The game's social aspect america online's hand furlong course is.

• sprint: The afore mentioned five furlong sprint at Beverley is the most well known one.

• handicap: Bobbing Cove was running in the two mile six furlong handicap hurdle, his first run in a handicap and was carrying top weight.

Noun used with modifier

• half: Kempes hit the front one and a half furlongs out and soon ran clear of his field.

Preposition: in

• length: There are 8 acres of meadow, and pasture 3 furlongs in length and breadth.

• breadth: Underwood half a league in length and 3 furlongs in breadth, the third part ( suitable ) for pannage.

Preposition: of

• canal: The top five furlongs of the canal were in disuse around 1867 and the whole by about 1939.

Preposition: for

• three-year-old: Today the race remains a sprint, although now run over the minimum trip of five furlongs for three-year-olds and upwards.