Next, place all horses at the starting gate.

Decide on a currency for your game. You might want to play using poker chips or coins, for example. These will be used to build up the “pot” Agree on a limit for the game, say $3 worth of chips or such

Scratching the Horses 

The player to the left of the dealer rolls the dice.

The numbers on the dice should be added together, and the total tells you which horse is going to be scratched.

Move the corresponding horseback to the first line; it won’t be involved in the race. THE 1ST GOES TO 25 CENT PLACE, 2ND TO 50 CENT AND SO ON

All players should check their cards. If they have a card with the number of the horse that has been scratched on it, then they should discard it.

Players who had to discard a card should also pay one chip/coin into the game pot.

Repeat this process until four horses have been scratched from the race.

Roll the dice and add up the total score

Move the corresponding horse forward one position

If their score is the same as one of the horses that has been scratched, the player should pay one chip or coin into the pot.

Play continues clockwise with a horse moving forward, or a chip is added to the pot each time until one of the horses reaches the finish line.

imagine that horse number eight crosses the finish line first. All players who have an eight in their hand win. Any player with a 8 receives a share of the pot split by the number of cards they have. For example, if play A has 2 8s player b has 1 player c has 1 and player d has none, and the pot is $8, player A gets $2, B $1, C $1, D $0, play continues until one player controls the entire starting value. Alternatively, wins can be tallied each round, the pot can be allowed to continue to grow and who ever has the most wins at the end of 8 rounds gets the entire pot.