Horse Race Rules Drinking Game

The Horse Race Drinking Game is a fun way to have a few drinks. It’s entirely luck based so there’s no real advantage for players who have played the game before.

In this drinking game, what you’ll need are a deck of cards and, of course, your preferred drinks. The level of intoxication of this game is so high, you’ll be so drunk, and it’ll be hard to pretend that you actually like the friends you’re playing with. Horse Racing is an extremely interesting drinking game based on betting. How to play horse race drinking game. All aces are removed from a deck of cards, placed side by side on a table. 12 cards are placed in a line left of the aces. Pick an ace (horse) and place a bet (alcohol) Turn over one card at a time and put matching suit in front of ace. 1st horse to reach the end is the winner. Horserace is a drinking game that utilizes a standard deck of playing cards. The game is inspired by horse racing, as alluded to by its namesake. To set up the game, shuffle through the deck to find the four aces, and place them in a horizontal row across the table. These aces are the horses. Deal 8 cards from the top of the deck to form an L with the Aces: the cards should be dealt in a vertical column. The winner is the first horse to make it past the top row of the side cards. Players wager a certain number of drinks on their horse, which they can give out at the end of the race if they win. The losers must drink double the number of drinks that they wagered, in addition to the drinks given out by the winner.

Requirements:

Horse Race Board Game Rules

A deck of cards and drinks

Summary:

Game

Players bet drinks on which suit (horse) they think will win.

Horse Race Dice Game Rules

Set Up

Horse Race Rules Drinking Game

One player is chosen as the announcer. He then searches the deck for all 4 aces and places them in a vertical line. These represent the starting gates for the horses. Then place 7 cards face down in a horizontal line over top of the aces. These are used simply to judge distance until the horses reach the finish line.

Rules:

Now each player bets on which suit(horse) he thinks will get 7 cards first. Once all bets are in the announcer starts the race by drawing the first card from the top of the deck. The card is then placed next to the Ace of the matching suit, advancing the horse. This continues until 1 suit has 7 cards and that one is considered the winner. Whoever wins gets to give out drinks equal to their bet and each other player must drink whatever they bet.

Additional Rules:

  • Double-Or-Nothing: In order for someone to call double-or-nothing one of the other players horses must be at the 6th card. (1 card before the finish line). Once this is called his bet is now doubled for the remainder of this round.
  • Joker Stalls: In this version Jokers are included in the deck. If a Joker is drawn the horse in first place moves back one space. If it’s a tie they both move back.

The Horse Race Drinking Game is perfect for a small group looking to just flip some cards and have some drinks. It’s the next closest thing to waking up drunk at the tracks with a second mortgage on the house.