We also had escalade but that was nightmare turning the handle thing to make horses move across sheet on flat unit

The first edition, if you can find it, is the best. It has the big whiteboard on an stand for the odds. Newer editions you're supposed to just write it on the board. Also, the earlier ones have miniatures, new ones have these kind of weird flat plastic stand-ups. I really like it as well, a friend of mine got married (his third, her second) and they explicitly told everyone "no gifts", but since his wife has mentioned it every time she saw us after she played it, I bought it for them. I finally got to play this game yesterday on my daughter's birthday. She's into horses (what little girl isn't) and loves horse racing games. She's liked playing Winner's Circle in the past with her friends when they came over. She'd had this for awhile, but she hadn't read the rules...so I did it with her (after Barnes' latest Gameshark mentioned it again)

The game essentially takes the skulduggery and cheating that goes on in real life horse races and applies it to a board game, making for an interesting and often bad-tempered experience for the players. How to be Nasty The Really Nasty Horse Racing Game is a competitive betting game for 2-6 players. The player that wins the most money over the course of the six rounds, each round consisting of a single race, is the winner, and money can be earned either by a player’s horse finishing among the top three at the end of the race, or by placing a bet on the winning horse. At the beginning of each race the players must decide whether to bet on their own horse or another. We were sent The Really Nasty Horse Racing Game from University Games to try out. As it is a game for ages 12 and up, I waited until I could get my grown-up nephew and my parents to help with the review. Onto another favourite part of the game of mine… the set of mischief cards… oh boy did I create mayhem with the others and players in the races

Conjure up your most devious plan as your main goal and objective is to win as much money as you can at the races and the good thing about this, there are a couple of ways to do this.I like the action, and the player screwage, it makes every race important and the end of the game ensures that everyone is it until the end. Enjoy a day at the races when you play this devious family board game. Just as in a real race meeting, players race their horses around the board to win at all costs. Be devious, bet on your own horse or someone else's, but don't tell anyone who you've bet on! There's also a Really Nasty Motorsports game and a Really Nasty Golf game, I've never seen either though.