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One nice touch was music in the title screen - relatively rare at the time this game was released.

Graphics: 3 Sound: 2 Replay Value: 2 Notes: 1- to 6-player game; Easter Egg Screen Shots

Horse Racing is average game that is much better when you try to control your horses.

The original Intellivision box had a different layout. Either that, or it combined content from the betting screen–which ended up with a different color scheme than the image below shows.

Prerelease Horse Racing Shot

A total of eight Horse Racing box variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	1123-0910	1979	U.S.A.	Plastic tray; part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom; refers to Keyboard Component on cover
	Mattel Electronics	1123-0910	1979	Hong Kong	Plastic tray; part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom; refers to Keyboard Component on cover
	Mattel Electronics	1123-0910 G1	1979	Hong Kong	Plastic tray; no part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom
	Mattel Electronics	1123-0510	1979	Hong Kong	French-Canadian; plastic tray; no part number on top; © Mattel Canada Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada on back
	Mattel Electronics	1123-0910	1979	Hong Kong	French-Canadian outer sleeve refers to original Keyboard Component; internally, same as standard 1123-0910 (Hong Kong); did the internal box vary?
	Mattel Electronics	1123-0410	1979	Hong Kong	International version with slots in back for localized manual
	Intellivision Inc.	1123	1979	U.S.A.	Standard Intellivision, Inc. box
	Sears	3871-0910	1980	Hong Kong	Plastic tray; blue game title on top and back

A total of sixteen Horse Racing manual variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	1123-0920	1979	U.S.A.
	Mattel Electronics	1123-0920	1979	Hong Kong
	Mattel Electronics	1123-0920-G1	1979	Hong Kong
	Mattel Electronics	1123-0920-G2	1979	U.S.A.	Blue artwork
	Mattel Electronics	1123-0720	1979	Hong Kong	French-Canadian
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	1123-8920	1980	Canada	French translation; possibly included in 'sleeved' version with a 1817-0920 English manual?; matte finish; reported by Rev
	Mattel Electronics	1123-0121	1979	Hong Kong	German version; blue artwork
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	1123-0121	1979	Hong Kong	German version; brown artwork with green lettering
	Mattel Electronics	1123-0161	1979	Hong Kong	Dutch version; black and white (grayscale) manual; submitted by Oscar G.
	Mattel Electronics	1123-0111	1979	Hong Kong	French version from Mattel Electronics France; blue artwork; submitted by Moonbeam
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	1123-0141	1979	Hong Kong	Spanish version (CARRERAS DE CABALLOS); blue artwork
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	1123-0131	1979	Hong Kong	Italian version; brown artwork with green lettering; title localized as 'Corse di Cavalli'
	Mattel Electronics	PC-1123-0920	1979	U.S.A.	PlayCable version
Image not available.	Bandai	1123-0201	None		Japanese release by Bandai; noted by voltron and others; shows stylized game graphics
	Intellivision Inc.	1123-0920-G-2	None	U.S.A.	Staple along top edge
	Sears	3871-0920	1979	Hong Kong

Only the basic variations here. I'm missing the French-only version from the sleeved box release, though.

There were also some variations of the 'Running Man' and Mattel logo on the back cover.

A total of four Horse Racing overlay variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	1123-4289	1980	U.S.A.
	Intellivision Inc.	1123-4289	None		Copyright information has been removed
	Phil Boland	49 75209	1980	U.S.A.	Part of the Sears Super Video Arcade Overlay Set (2013)
	Intellivision Productions	N/A	2014	U.S.A.	Part of the Supplemental Overlay Pack for Intellivision Flashback

A total of five Horse Racing label variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	N/A	None		No origin
	Mattel Electronics	N/A	None	Hong Kong	Origin upper right
	Intellivision Inc.	N/A	1979	U.S.A.	Origin lower right; © I.I. 1979 to left of origin; ™ small, centered vertically on right edge; smaller label, rounded corners
	Intellivision Inc.	N/A	1979		Date lower right; no copyright, origin; larger label, square corners
	Phil Boland	N/A	None		Part of the Sears Super Video Arcade Overlay Set (2013)

	Title screen for Horse Racing.
	I always liked how the horses were drawn and animated, though a more interesting background would have been nice.

Credit: Joe Zbiciak's post to the intvprog group on Yahoo on 23. March, 2001

Left Controller: Press and hold: [6], [9]
Right Controller: Press and hold: [6], [9]
Press Reset
Easter Egg: The title screen shows the following, with horse heads replacing the color bars:

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