Horseracing game

Claim 1

A horseracing game, comprising a square gameboard having four edges, four corners, four corner squares marked at the four corners thereof and 36 boxes marked along the edges, nine boxes being marked along each edge between the corner squares thereof and a race track at the center of the gameboard, said race track having a plurality of lanes having different numbers of spaces and the boxes on the gameboard containing indicia controlling the game played on the race track; a plurality of markers shaped as miniature horses each being of a different color; a plurality of chips of the same number and colors as the markers for keeping the places of the players in the boxes on the gameboard; a plurality of post position cards for indicating different post positions to be assumed by players selecting them; a plurality of dice of the same number and colors as the markers for determining the progress of the players' horses around the race track; a pair of throwing dice for determining the movement of the players around the boxes of the gameboard; a plurality of odds chips; play money; and a dice cup.