Win, Place & Show (1966)

A race meeting consisting of 6 races, each with 6 horses of varying power and characteristics. Board shows an oval track of six lanes, straightforward in straights but graduated on the curves. Although dice play a part in the game there is plenty of room for skillful maneuvering in the course of each race, which can be from 5 furlongs to 1 1/4 miles. An important part of the game is provided by certain marked squares: if you can get your horse to stop on one of these it can overtake one horse ahead of it in the same line, which can be vital considering that only two swerves are permitted in each turn (only one if the jockey is an apprentice). Every horse has a distinctive racing pattern (slow or fast starter, stayer or fader etc.) represented by a set of numbers, one for each turn. These numbers are added to a single dice throw (common to all the horses), so that the speed of each race can vary substantially. There are many other interesting factors too numerous to describe in a short review. Odds on each horse are pre-set and depend largely on the number patterns described above.

Originally released as part of the 3M Sports Games line.

from "The Avalon Hill General Index and Company History, 1952-1980"

Win, Place, & Show (1977)
Avalon Hill revised existing published design (3M)
Designed by J. Reilly & T. Divoll
Development by Don Greenwood

Originally published by 3M in 1966 in their linear box with wrap-around plastic mapboards—a configuration which characterized the entire 3M sports line.

Avalon Hill released several historical races, horses and events in its All-Star Replay Magazine:

1957 Kentucky Derby. All-Star Replay, Volume I, Number 2.

1967 Woodward Stakes. All-Star Replay, Volume I, Number 3.

1969 Roosevelt International Trot. All-Star Replay, Volume I, Number 4.

1974 All-American Futurity - Ruidoso Downs, NM. All-Star Replay, Volume II, Number 2.

1976 Ben Blades Memorial Appaloosa Stakes - Arlington Park, IL. All-Star Replay, Volume II, Number 3.

1977 Colonial Cup International Steeplechase - Camden, SC. All-Star Replay, Volume III, Number 1.

1920 Travers Stakes - Saratoga Race Track, NY. All-Star Replay, Volume III, Number 2.

1973 Kentucky Derby - Churchill Downs, KY. All-Star Replay, Volume III, Number 2.

Pacing Triple Crown Winners and Trotting Triple Crown Winners. All-Star Replay, Volume III, Number 3.

Great Thoroughbreds of 1980. All-Star Replay, Volume III, Number 4.

Great Thoroughbreds of 1981. All-Star Replay, Volume IV, Number 1.

1980 Arabian Super Derby - Arlington Park, IL. All-Star Replay, Volume IV, Number 2.

The race from the movie The Black Stallion. All-Star Replay, Volume IV, Number 2.

1700-1825 Heat Racing Thoroughbreds and 1826-1860 Heat Racing Thoroughbreds. All-Star Replay, Volume IV, Number 3.

1982 Triple Crown: 108th Kentucky Derby, 107th Preakness Stakes, and 114th Belmont Stakes. Also includes 2 inserts for top 6 horses of each decade from the 1860's through and including the 1970's. All-Star Replay, Volume IV, Number 4.

1965 Little Brown Jug Race. All-Star Replay, Volume IV, Number 5.

Great Thoroughbreds of 1982-I and Great Thoroughbreds of 1982-II. All-Star Replay, Volume IV, Number 6.

All-Time Great Racing Paints/Pintos-I and All-Time Great Racing Paints/Pintos-II. All-Star Replay, Volume V, Number 1.

Magazine References:

The GENERAL Index Article List:

• The GENERAL Vol.25,No.5
  • Win, Place & Show – “Sports Special- The Best Bet” (Strategy) Jim Burnett
• The GENERAL Vol.30,No.4
  • Win, Place & Show – “Official Program” (Insert) Stuart K. Tucker
  • Win, Place & Show – “A Day at the Races” (Variant Discussion) Stuart K. Tucker