In the course of six races, you hope to parlay that initial stake into a winning fortune. The order of these races is determined randomly. Once this is known, players must enter their horses. Each player has six horses in his stable. Horse number one is the best horse, while horse number six is the worst.
Most players are inclined to put their best horse in the race with the biggest purse.
But if everyone does this, nobody will have an advantage. Players write their stable entries on their betting sheet at the start of the game and may not change them later. The race track is a simple oval with six lanes. Horses are assigned a lane at random. The player in lane one begins, with turns continuing clockwise.