Horse Show

by Gamewright

Product Features

• Horse Show lets children play a strategic game based on horse shows, learning about authentic tack and actual show events
• Awards: Dr. Toy's Best Vacation Products, Parenting Magazine Toy of the Year
• The Ride for the Blue Ribbon Card Game
• Playing time: about 20 minutes
• Contains 59 cards
• For 2 to 4 players, ages: 8+ years

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 2 x 5 inches ; 4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00001TQ09
• Item model number: 207
• Our recommended age: 8 - 9 years
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 - 15 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,302 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

Gather ‘round for some blue-ribbon fun. Horse Show offers fine equestrian festivities with no messy cleanup. Each horse show consists of three events. Players enter their best horse for whichever event is in play to try to win the blue ribbon. There are four horse shows in each game, and each blue-ribbon event is a jumper, hunter, dressage, or equitation event. After they have been played, the player with the most blue-ribbon event cards is the winner. Awarded Dr. Toy's Best Children's Vacation Products (1997) and Parenting Magazine's Best Toy of the Year (also 1997). Contains 32 horse cards, 12 assist cards, 15 blue-ribbon event cards, and rules of play. For two to eight players. --Alison Golder

Product Description

2 to 4 Players. Playing time: about 20 minutes. Who will take home the blue ribbon-Safari, Felicity, or Marmalade Magic? Pick the best horse cards from your stable and enter the show. Each event favors some horses and penalizes others so choose carefully. Special assist cards, like braiding kits and custom saddles, are worth extra points. Win the most blue ribbon cards and ride to victory! Horse Show lets children play a strategic game based on horse shows, learning about authentic tack and actual show events. The horses themselves are the game's characters, with lively personalities felt through the illustrations. The child becomes the rider; grooming and braiding before a show, watching a horse at pasture, and jumping clean a stadium hurdle.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't put it down once you start it!, December 15, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Horse Show (Toy)

My 10 yr. old daughter got this game last Christmas, and really enjoys it! This is a card game format and players draw horse cards to use in game play, for different horse show events and competitions. Players need to use logical thinking when deciding what card(s) to play during the various events of a show (each horse has strengths and weaknesses). Each game is fairly quick (another plus!), but once players start, it's hard to stop after just a couple of games :-) This game would be especially enjoyable to horse-lovers!

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Very Fun Game, November 2, 2001

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Alexandra Chase (Katonah, NY USA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Horse Show (Toy)

I love this game! Although it doesn't teach much about the horses themselves, players can learn about the different disciplines. Very cute pictures of the horses! Like Herd Your Horses, this deserves to be a classic horse game that you can play again and again with horsey or non-horsey friends. Use strategy to determine which horse to enter into which class with which accessories. 'Horse Show' takes a little while to learn, but after that it moves quickly. If I could change one thing about this game, I would put information on the personalities, talents, etc. for each horse on the backs of the cards, like Herd Your Horses does. But it's fun to make up personalities, breeds, experience levels and other things for the horses and pick your favorites. If you're looking for an exciting horsey game to play, try 'Horse Show'.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Gift For A Horse Lover, November 15, 2003

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K. Nettles (US) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Horse Show (Toy)

My 10 year old daughter received this as a gift; of all the games she got for birthday/Christmas, this was in the top five. The game requires some strategy -- at the random draw of a card, you must choose which horse to compete in that event. Each horse has varying degrees of strength in four different categories, but can only be used once in the game. As the players progress through each event, they must use weaker horses -- this is where the strategy comes in, as players must think in advance about the best way to use their stable of horses. The "right" answer is not necessarily to use the strongest horse each time. For additional complexity, there are also equipment cards that boost the strength of a horse in a single turn. Adults won't find this game particularly hard, but interesting enough to make it fun to play with your kids.