As detailed in the links below, horse racing occurs in Red Dead Redemption as part of three single player missions and is also available as a multiplayer game mode.
- Grand Prix is a multiplayer game mode featuring horse racing with armed combat.
- Liars, Cheats and Other Proud Americans is a single player mission during which the player enters a horse-drawn cart race at the behest of Nigel West Dickens.
- Obstacles in Our Path is a single player mission during which the player has an informal horse race with Bonnie MacFarlane.
- The Sport of Kings, and Liars is a single player mission during which the player enters a horse race at the behest of Nigel West Dickens.