Steeplechase game - help

togmo

After replying to the thread on here about what was the last text message I received I realised that there is an unanswered question I need help with.

Earlier this year my mother and I went on a cruise and we played this steeplechase racing game on the cruise ship which was great fun. My mum is trying to replicate it for the Christmas party she is setting up for her flower group.

Basically the game involved 6 horses, two dice and a long mat filled out with cubes. One dice chose which horse would be moved, the other dice how many spaces. There were lots of fun variations on the game but the basics were always the same. I remember one variation had a puddle placed on each horse's track and if they fell in the puddle they had to go back to the start but I forget what other variations there were. Can anyone help me figure out what other variations made the game more fun, does anyone know what I am talking about?