Apba Saddle Racing Game For Sale

APBA SADDLE RACING SEASON CARD SETS My favorite replay horse racing game (but it doesn't have a lot of competition!) is the APBA Saddle Racing game produced by the APBA Game Company from the early 70s until the late 80s, at which time it was discontinued. Even though the last official APBA set was produced based on the 1987 racing season, now you can get APBA Saddle Racing season sets from a few different years from Gary Stishan. I had been thinking about buying one of these sets for what must be like 6 months now, from when I first heard about them. I finally placed the order this month and I am extremely happy with the product and service I recieved. First off, you HAVE to have a copy of the original APBA Saddle Racing game. These are NOT standalone games or card sets.

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Each year, APBA would produce a card set based on the previous year's racing results. These card sets would include the following: 112 horse cards, 70 rated jockeys on a sheet of paper, and a sheet of paper with 20 feature stakes races from that year, including the Triple Crown races. Gary offers a base card set for the following seasons for $9.95 (plus shipping) that includes the same things as the APBA sets. 112 horses, 70 rated jockeys, 20 races.

He has the following seasons available: 1968, 1988, 2000, and 2001. 2002 will be along sometime next month.

These sets are produced with the full blessing of the APBA Game company. The horses come on 67 lb. Card stock and you have to cut them out yourself and they are in black and white, not the familiar APBA black printing, red results format.

However, Gary states all these caveats up front, no surprises here. I found the cardstock to be of a decent weight and the printing is very clear and legible, black on a greyish card stock. Other than the cards being a slightly smaller size than the orginal Saddle Racing cards, they are still laid out in the same format as the original cards so results are easy to find and read. The cards even include some NEW information that APBA never included, such as money winnings, win, place and show results, and a brand new rating called Endurance. (See below for more on that.) Instead of jamming the 20 race lineups on one big crowded sheet as APBA used to do, Gary provides 10 pages with 2 races to a page.

There is also a lot more detail included on each race compared to the originals. This is a big improvment to the APBA version. The rated jockeys (and the list of included horses) are printed on sheets that double as results sheets with places to record the jockey's (and horse's) finishes. Along with everything else, Gary also provides a 'Year in Review' section, and some optional rules, some of which I've already decided to incorporate into my races. One limits the number of moves you can 'save up' (a very unrealistic part of the orginal game rules) based on the jockey's ability. A very nice, clean way to handle it.

Also, as mentioned above, all horses have a brand new rating called Endurance. Basically, if a horse races a distance it is not accustomed to racing, there is a chance it will tire out at a given point in the race. Another great addition. Now, if this was the only thing Gary offered, the season set with 112 horses, etc. For $9.95, I would be (and am) very pleased. But what's even better is for $9.95, you can also buy a Supplemental Yearbook.

(If you buy the main Yearbook and the Supplement together, it's only $17.95.) One problem with APBA's list of 20 races that they included in the game was that often, many of the horses who raced in the real life race, were not included in the 112 card main horse card set. So you either had to run a limited field or fill in with other horses who did not really run in that race in real life. The Supplement to the Yearbook fills in all those missing horses, every single one. BUT, not only that, the Supplement also comes with 30 MORE races you can run, AND all the horses that raced in those races. In the 2001 Supplement I purchased, that was over 220 MORE horses (340+ with the Yearbook and Supplement together). More jockeys are also rated in the Supplement as well. So buying the Yearbook and Supplement together would give 340+ horses, 50 races, 100+ jockeys, expanded and optional rules and Year in Review.

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All for $17.95! If you own any of the original APBA Saddle Racing card sets, Gary also produces Supplement yearbooks so you can race ALL the horses from all the races for those original card sets too. Right now, Gary has Supplements for the Original cards seasons of: 1969, 1970, 1975, 1976. (I'm trying to get him to do 1977 Seattle Slew year as that is the card set I have.:)) But you can ALSO buy another supplement for just running the Breeder's Cup races (which would include All the Breeder's Cup races and all the needed horses - Gary told me another 90 or so horses in the BC supplement). OR you could buy the Euro/Far Eastern set of about 36 horse for those horses who ran majorly different overseas. You can mix and match all these sets together in any combination. The whole shooting match for a given year (Yearbook, Supplment, Breeder's Cup, Euro/Far East sets) is available for a package price of $19.95.

Apba Saddle Racing Game For Sale

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VERY reasonable for over 450+ horses, 50+ races, 150+ jockeys and everything else. Gary also makes a set of 114 famous TV, movie and fictional horses in a Wild, Wild, West and Beyond set. Heck, there's even some donkeys, zebras and mules in that set!:) I paid for my order with a Money Order and recieved my shipment within four days of Gary getting the money order on his end. About the only negative things I have to say is that I wish the cards had been the exact same size as the originals (but then he probably would have not been able to fit six to a page) and the fact that ALL horses are rated exactly the same for Good, Slow, Muddy, and Sloppy tracks. The original APBA game had some horses who would be better than others on Sloppy, Muddy or Slow tracks. Here, all horses are affected equally by track conditions.

Still, if the trade off for that flaw is the new Endurance rating, I can live with that.:) All in all, a nice product with a GREAT value to price ratio in my books. Added: Monday, March 17, 2003 Reviewer: Score: Related web link: hits: 10318.