System and method for arranging equine competitions according to participant ability groupings
AssigneeEquibrand Corporation
InventorRodney E. Miller
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Abstract
A timed equine race grouping system and method for organizing competitive events, such as a timed barrel race, by using prior performance data in prior similar events to determine the appropriate ability of each contestant and then forming ability groups such that the contestants are competing against other contestants having similar abilities.
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A method of grouping a plurality of contestants of a competitive event according to an ability level of each of the plurality of contestants prior to the event, comprising the steps of:
- retrieving performance result data for a plurality of previous competitive events for each of the plurality of contestants;
- generating, by a processor, a scaled event rate for each of the plurality of contestants based on a standardized event venue parameter, an actual event venue parameter, and a race distance and the retrieved performance result data;
- indexing the scaled event rates based on a predefined fraction of an average of a total number of scaled event rates;
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- creating, by a processor prior to the event, a plurality of ability level groups of contestants according to an average of the indexed values, comprising:
- a first ability level group defined by a first ability index value and a second ability index value, and
- a second ability level group defined by a third ability index value and a fourth ability index value,
- wherein at the first ability level group and the second ability level group comprise at least a predetermined number of contestants.
A method of assigning an ability level to a plurality of participants of a timed race event prior to the event, comprising the steps of:
- retrieving performance result data for a plurality of previously timed race events for each of the plurality of participants;
- generating, by a processor, an event rate factor for each of the plurality of participants based on a standardized race path parameter, an actual race path parameter and the retrieved performance result data;
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- creating an index of the scaled event rate factors based on a fraction of an average of a predefined number of scaled event rates for each of the plurality of participants.
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