Description
Thanks to Nick Trost (Card Magic of Nick Trost, pg. 99) the history of using playing cards for running a horse race traces back to at least 1914 and a race game called “Minoru” after King Edward VII’s racehorse. Then John Scarne described the Horse Race card game c. 1949 in Scarne on Cards and in 1952 Toni Koynini was the first magician to use the horse race as a gambling demonstration with his routine Derby.
Harries’ Goran Klyve has created a wonderful version of a horse race that is very simple to perform, looks bright and colorful, and seems very clean to the spectator. The method is not earth shattering but very workable and giving the cards to both spectators to shuffle half each seems totally fair.
(Notice: there are some black marks and a small patch of sharpie touch-up at one end where I tried to clean off the marks with acetone, which was a bad idea. But you will barely notice it – I did include a photo near the end to try and highlight the situation, but it was quite difficult to photograph because it is barely noticeable, and certainly has no impact on the effect.)
Notice: Use your own currency, $100 not included 🙁
Effect: Show three different colored horses, a race pad and a deck of cards. The pad has three race-tracks in the same color as the horses. Each card in the deck has a corresponding colored dot.
The horses are placed on the start-dots and the game can begin. Two spectators pick their horses and yours is the one that’s left. Then they mix the cards and lift one at time. The color of the card shows which horse is to move one step forward.
Your horse will always win by 100%. It’s up to you to use it for betting!
- No forcing when you pick the horses.
- Only one deck of cards is used – no adding or stealing of cards.
- You-don’t touch the deck after the spectators have mixed it.
- Everything can be examined before and after the race.
- No sleight of hand necessary.
(Notice: Includes: Printed Instructions.)
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