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Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition
Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition
I play the mobile version of this.

When I was in senior year of highschool, one of my favorite memories was playing Sega's Royal Ascot horseracing, a video game that allowed you to bet on horses with preset names and attributes.

That game evolved from a casino game to a arcade game called Derby Owners Club (also by Sega). Derby Owners club let you bread and race horses. A friend of mine was hoked on this and would spend hours at Gameworks drinking beer while breeding, training, and racing horses. The horses were saved on card you could take with you so you could return and pick up where you left off. Unfortunately, this game is no longer with us.

Rival Stars Horse racing attempts to fill the massive hole left by Sega no longer supporting those games. The game allows you to breed, train, and race horses. The "skill" element in the races is positioning yourself favorably according to your horse's preference to gain sprint energy and using that energy to move ahead of the pack.

Cool elements:
You can name your horses
The announcer will say many custom names during the race
The horses have different strengths that you can breed for
Three competitive modes (Flat Racing, Steeplechase, and Cross Country)
Three horse breeds (Thoroughbred, Arabian, and Selle Francais)

Downsides:
A ton of ads
Time commitment (If you want your horse to get MAX stats while foaling, you need to check in periodically and give the foal food)
Repetitive at times


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