A portable horseshoe pit which in its preferred embodiment is formed from a substantially rectangular base of POLYETHYLENE with a curved rubber backstop which is easily assembled and mounted to the base by L brackets which are in turn affixed to the base by hooks formed in one edge of the brackets which hook into slots formed in the base. The horseshoe stake is welded to a metal plate and the plate secured to the POLYETHYLENE base by having a similar hook formed in its front edge which hooks into a slot in the POLYETHYLENE base and all brackets and the plate holding the stake is then secured to the POLYETHYLENE base by a fastener through a hole in each of the brackets and a hole in the metal plate holding the stake. The POLYETHYLENE base may be fastened to the ground or other surface by driving spikes through holes provided in the base. The entire base may then be covered with clay or sand or the like.
