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This battery-powered game features six horses racing down a straightaway. The track is green (presumably for grass, although horses in the Kentucky Derby run on dirt) with bright orange lane dividers. The color scheme probably is plenty of proof that this game came from the 1970s.
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A rather odd-looking game from Milton Bradley (circa 1974), as the horses involved all have long, stringy legs (Home*stretch* -- get it?). There's a spinner with the game, and the board is made up of squares that match the colors of the horses, so (without ever having played the game), my best guess is that it's some kind of an equine version of Twister.
Across the Board
From the game box (mismatched capitalization and all): "Buy a Thoroughbred at an Auction Then play him to Win, Place or Show at the Track." This board game came with about 300 different parts, published by MPH in 1975. The parts included play bills, handicap sheets, ownership cards, a "totalizer" and grease pencils. It appears that the game was played inside the game box.
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This is a 1977 update of the 1966 3M game, now manufactured by Avalon Hill. Other than some cosmetic differences, the game looks very much the same as, if not identical to, the 3M version.
Sport of Kings Challenge - The Horse Racing Quiz Game
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This one includes 4,400 trivia questions "to entertain followers of the world's #1 spectator sport." It was released in 1986 by Kuriakos.
Let's Go to the Races
This 1987 Parker Brothers game includes a 90-minute VCR tape with 40 different horse races. Eight horses are available, with an 8-sided die controlling at least some of the action. The back of the box looks as though it contains a great deal of information about the game.
There you have it... plenty of horse racing games to help you prepare for the Kentucky Derby -- or any other Triple Crown event!
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