Gallop Racer

Gallop Racer is a Japanese-only horse racing simulation game created by Tecmo, and is the first entry in the Gallop Racing series. Gallop Racer is an open-ended game where you buy horses to train, race, and breed. Most of the Gallop Racer franchise revolves around this theme.

Horses are classified into four leg types and two classes depending on what surface they like to run on, and where they like to run during the race. Most of the major tracks in the United States, Japan, and Europe are featured. The races do not however go by their official names. Example, the three races in the US Triple Crown are known as The Louisville Derby, The Baltimore Derby, and The New York Derby. Races like the US Triple Crown races, and the Dubai World Cup (known in the game as the Dubai Universal Cup) must be unlocked by winning certain races, and meeting certain requirements. Races can range in distance from 5 furlongs, all the way up to two miles (16 furlongs), and all race distances are the same as their real life counterpart.