Sunday, July 2, 2017. Racetrack Hamburg-Horn, 3:40 pm. The seventh race of the day – the 148th German Derby – was to be started. The favourite was Colomano. The gates opened and the race had started. 18 horses ran across the course. After 2400 metres Windstoß won the Derby ahead of Enjoy Vijay and Shanjo. After the race a short dialogue was held to discuss if this was possible in Excel as well. First feasibility studies were done on the same evening already. On 08 August 2017 the first version – GaloppSim 148.00 – was released.
GaloppSim versions
| Version number | Shipping | Edition | Language | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 148.00 (08 August 2017) | Download, CD | AI | German | official release, only a few handmade CDs (<5) |
| 148.01GIT | CD, eMail | AI | German | not officially available, special races, only a few handmade CDs (<5), misprinting |
| 148.02GIT | CD, eMail | AI | German | not officially available, special races, only a few handmade CDs (<5) |
| 148.03SALT | CD | AI | German | not officially available, special races with individual horses, the only version with sausage mode, only 1 CD worldwide |
| 148.03SALT Service Pack 1 | AI | German | extension (mad mode) and bugfixes for version 148.03SALT | |
| 148.10 (22 November 2017) | Download | AI, RS | German | official release |
| 148.20 (05 December 2017) | 3.5" floppy disk | RS | English, German | not officially available, only 14 individually numbered disks |
| 148.30 (25 December 2017) | Download | AI, RS | English, German | official release |
| 148.31M | CD | AI | German | not officially available, private horse in all races, only 1 CD |
| 148.50 (18 April 2018) | Download | AI, RS | English, German | official release |
| 148.90 (18 June 2018) | Download | RS | English, German, Bulgarian | official release |
| 148.96 (30 June 2018) | Download | RS | English, German, Bulgarian | official release |
| 149.00 (10 September 2018) | Download | AI, RS | English, German, Bulgarian | official release |
| 149.00 Service Pack 1 (23 September 2018) | Download | AI, RS | English, German, Bulgarian | Bugfixes for version 149.00 |
| 149.10 (05 January 2019) | Download | AI, RS | English, German, Bulgarian | official release |
| 149.19SIT | Download | RS | English, German, Bulgarian | not officially available, special races designed for SAP Inside Track Hannover 2019 |
| 149.19GMP/T | Download | RS | English, German | GMP 2019 training races |
| 149.19GMP | none | RS | English, German | only for GMP 2019 race execution |
| 149.20 | never finished | BER version | ||
| 150.00 (12 August 2019) | Download | AI, RS | English, German, Bulgarian | official release |
| 150.50C (13 April 2020) | Download | RS | English, German, Bulgarian | official Corona release without spectators |
| 150.50GMP/T20 | Download | RS | English, German | GMP 2020 training races |
| 150.60GMP | none | AI, RS | English, German | only for GMP 2020 race execution |
| 151.00 (09 August 2020) | Download | AI, RS | English, German, Bulgarian | official release |
| 151.50 (25 April 2021) | Download | AI, RS | English, German | official release |
| 152.00SCN | Download | RS | English, German | special edition for SAP Community 2021 Talent Show |
| 152.23GMP | none | RS | English, German | only for GMP 2023 race execution |
| 153.00 (23 December 2023) | Download | AI, RS | English, German | official release |