Roll a ball.
Race a donkey.

The seaside roll-a-ball race for iPhone, optimised for iPhone Duo.

Coming soon to the App Store

Price: 99p

Cheaper than a donkey ride.

Donkey Derby on iPhone Duo, folded like a laptop, a minute of real play with sound. The race board stands on the upright screen and the maple lane lies on the flat one. The Beacon Plate: the bugle and the countdown, the bell, balls flicked into the yellow, blue and red holes, four donkeys hopping along the turf as the tannoy calls the race, a spotlight hole, the final furlong and the finish, with a rosette for second place. Recorded on the device.

The lane from above: a varnished maple alley under a buttoned red cushion, three red balls waiting in the well, and six holes ringed yellow, blue and red, marked 1, 2 and 3.

Flick it up the lane.

Drag a ball out of the well and flick. Aim and speed come from your finger. Every ball you sink hops your donkey along the race board, and when the spotlight falls on a hole, it’s worth one more.

Yellow one hop
Blue two hops
Red three hops

First past the post.

Five donkeys in the stable: Daisy Chain, Millie’s Magic, Idrees Lightning, Zayn the Rocket and Meadow Lark. Pick the one you’ll ride. Three of the others line up against you, and a real tannoy voice calls every change of lead.

The race board: four donkeys at full gallop on stepped green turf, jockeys in yellow, green, blue and red silks, under a bulb-lit sign reading Daisy Chain takes the lead.

After the Marske Mile on iPhone Duo: Meadow Lark wins by a nose on the top screen; on the bottom screen a blue second-place rosette, 64 hops, a ticket reading plus 5, and the meeting table.

A six-race meeting.

From a three-furlong dash to a full mile, ending at Redcar in the Clifford Cup. Every finish wins a rosette and points for the meeting table.

The Coatham Stakes5 furlongs
The Saltburn Sprint3 furlongs
The Beacon Plate6 furlongs
The Scarborough Cup7 furlongs
The Marske Mile1 mile
The Clifford Cup1 mile

Also plays on iPhone.

No Duo? The machine stacks down your screen: the race board at the top, your lane below.

Tickets for the Prize Stall.

Every finish prints tickets. Save them up for new balls and silks for your jockey, from 500 tickets to 1,000: Seaside Stripe, Humbug, Stick of Rock, a Gold Sovereign.

The Prize Stall under a red and cream awning, on the Balls tab, with 1,415 tickets to spend: Red Star, Seaside Stripe and Stick of Rock ball sets, with Humbug, Tangerine and Racing Green below.

The Prize Stall on the Silks tab: Redcar Rocks in red and gold, Sea Breeze in sky blue and white, and Humbug in black and white.

Made for the fold: On iPhone Duo the race board stands on the top screen and the lane lies on the bottom one. On other iPhones they stack down the one screen.
Real sounds, a real voice: A bugle Call to the Post, the starting bell, hooves and gulls, and a tannoy commentator calling every race, with captions.
All for fun: Tickets are won by racing, never bought. There’s no real money in the machine anywhere.
No ads, no tracking: Your tickets, prizes and rosettes stay on your phone.

They’re under starter’s orders.

Coming soon to the App Store

Price: 99p

Cheaper than a donkey ride.