Method for Conducting a Horse Racing Event

Abstract

A method for conducting a race series, involving determining an elimination number; determining a field number, wherein the field number minus one is equally divisible by the elimination number; selecting a field number of participants; separating the field number of participants into the elimination number of racing groups; conducting a plurality of races wherein each race has a winner; conducting a first race between all participants in the first racing group; conducting at least an elimination number minus one of races subsequent to the first race; wherein each of races subsequent to the first race is conducted between the participants in any of the racing groups and winner of the previous race; and continuing to conduct races subsequent to the first race until a single winner wins an elimination number of consecutive races or there are the elimination number plus one different winners.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for conducting a race series, the method comprising:
 determining an elimination number;   determining a field number, wherein the field number minus one is equally divisible by the elimination number;   selecting a field number of participants;   separating the field number of participants into the elimination number of racing groups wherein there are elimination number minus one racing groups with an equal number of the field number of participants and a first racing group with a number of the participants equal to one plus the quotient of the difference of the field number minus one divided by the elimination number;   conducting a plurality of races wherein each race has a winner;   conducting a first race between all participants in the first racing group;   conducting at least the elimination number minus one of the plurality of races subsequent to the first race wherein each race subsequent to the first race has a previous race wherein the previous race is the race conducted immediately prior to each of the races subsequent to the first race, and wherein each of races subsequent to the first race is conducted between the participants in any of the racing groups and winner of the previous race; and   continuing to conduct races subsequent to the first race until the winner wins the elimination number of consecutive races or there are the elimination number plus one different winners.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein the field number of participants comprise racehorses. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein each of the field number of participants comprise a racehorse that has attained the age of four-years-old before the start of the first race. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein the elimination number is four. 
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 2  wherein none of the racehorses is a gelding. 
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 2  wherein each of the racehorses is ridden by a jockey and no jockey may utilize a whip. 
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein a starting position of each of the participants is determined randomly. 
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein each of the field number of participants is displayed prior to the first race. 
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 9  wherein displaying a participant further comprises walking the participant at least one furlong. 
     
     
         10 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein each of the plurality of races comprises a race distance of 7 furlongs. 
     
     
         11 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein each the plurality of races further comprises a 180 degree turn between a race start and a race end. 
     
     
         12 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein a wager having odds may be placed on each of the plurality of races and wherein the odds remain static after the start of each of the plurality of races. 
     
     
         13 . A method for conducting a horse race series, the method comprising:
 selecting sixty-one horses;   displaying each of the sixty-one horses on day one;   displaying each of the sixty-one horses on day two;   displaying each of the sixty-one horses on day three;   selecting a first group comprising sixteen of the sixty-one horses;   selecting a second group comprising fifteen of the sixty-one horses;   selecting a third group comprising fifteen of the sixty-one horses;   selecting a fourth group comprising fifteen of the sixty-one horses;   wherein each of the sixty-one horses is in either the first group, the second group, the third group, or the fourth group;   conducting a plurality of races, wherein each of the plurality of races has a start, wherein each of the plurality of races is conducted along a race track extending between a race start and a race end, wherein a distance between the race start and the race end is a race distance, and wherein each of the plurality of races has a winner;   conducting a first race between all horses in the first group, wherein the winner of the first race is a first winner;   conducting a second race between all horses in the second group and the first winner, wherein the winner of the second race is a second winner;   conducting a third race between all horses in the third group and the second winner wherein the winner of the third race is a third winner;   conducting a fourth race between all horses in the fourth group and the third winner wherein the winner of the fourth race is a fourth winner;   wherein if the second winner is a different horse than the first winner, the third winner, or the fourth winner, a fifth race is conducted between a plurality of horses in the first group and the fourth winner, wherein the winner of the fifth race is a fifth winner;   wherein if the third winner is a different horse than the second winner, the fourth winner, or the fifth winner and there have been no more than four different winning horses, a sixth race is conducted between a plurality of horses in the second group and the fifth winner, wherein the winner of the sixth race is a sixth winner;   wherein if the fourth winner is a different horse than the third winner, the fifth winner, or the sixth winner and there have been no more than four different winning horses, a seventh race is conducted between a plurality of horses in the third group and the sixth winner, wherein the winner of the seventh race is a seventh winner;   wherein if the seventh winner is a different horse than the fourth winner, the fifth winner, or the sixth winner and there have been no more than four different winning horses, an eighth race is conducted between a plurality of horses in the fourth group and the seventh winner, wherein the winner of the eighth race is an eighth winner;   wherein if the eighth winner is a different horse than the fifth winner, the sixth winner, or the seventh winner and there have been no more than four different winning horses, a ninth race is conducted between the plurality of horses in the first group and the eighth winner, wherein the winner of the ninth race is a ninth winner;   wherein if the ninth winner is a different horse than the sixth winner, the seventh winner, or the eighth winner and there have been no more than four different winning horses, a tenth race is conducted between the plurality of horses in the second group and the ninth winner, wherein the winner of the tenth race is a tenth winner;   wherein if the tenth winner is a different horse than the seventh winner, the eighth winner, or the ninth winner and there have been no more than four different winning horses, an eleventh race is conducted between the plurality of horses in the third group and the tenth winner, wherein the winner of the eleventh race is an eleventh winner;   wherein if the eleventh winner is a different horse than the eighth winner, the ninth winner, or the tenth winner and there have been no more than four different winning horses, a twelfth race is conducted between the plurality of horses in the fourth group and the eleventh winner, wherein the winner of the twelfth race is a twelfth winner;   wherein if the twelfth winner is a different horse than the ninth winner, the tenth winner, or the eleventh winner and there have been no more than four different winning horses, a thirteenth race is conducted between the plurality of horses in the first group and the twelfth winner, wherein the winner of the thirteenth race is a thirteenth winner;   wherein if the first winner, the second winner, the third winner, and the fourth winner is the same horse, the fourth winner is designated the overall winner and the horse race series is complete;   wherein if the fifth winner is the same horse as the second winner, the third winner, and the fourth winner, the fifth winner is designated the overall winner and the event is complete;   wherein if the sixth winner is the same horse as the third winner, the fourth winner, and the fifth winner, the sixth winner is designated the overall winner and the event is complete;   wherein if the seventh winner is the same horse as the fourth winner, the fifth winner, and the sixth winner, the seventh winner is designated the overall winner and the event is complete;   wherein if the eighth winner is the same horse as the fifth winner, the sixth winner, and the seventh winner, the eighth winner is designated the overall winner and the event is complete;   wherein if the ninth winner is the same horse as the sixth winner, the seventh winner, and the eighth winner, the ninth winner is designated the overall winner and the event is complete;   wherein if the tenth winner is the same horse as the seventh winner, the eighth winner, and the ninth winner, the tenth winner is designated the overall winner and the event is complete;   wherein if the eleventh winner is the same horse as the eighth winner, the ninth winner, and the tenth winner, the eleventh winner is designated the overall winner and the event is complete;   wherein if the twelfth winner is the same horse as the ninth winner, the tenth winner, and the eleventh winner, the twelfth winner is designated the overall winner and the event is complete;   wherein if the thirteenth winner is the same horse as the tenth winner, the eleventh winner, and the twelfth winner, the thirteenth winner is designated the overall winner and the event is complete, and;   wherein if no winner is designated the overall winner, the horse race series is complete without designating the overall winner.   
     
     
         14 . The method according to  claim 13  wherein none of the sixty-one horses is a gelding. 
     
     
         15 . The method according to  claim 13  wherein each of the sixty-one horses is four-years-old on the day prior to day one. 
     
     
         16 . The method according to  claim 13  wherein each of the sixty-one horses is ridden by a jockey and no jockey may utilize a whip. 
     
     
         17 . The method according to  claim 13  wherein displaying a horse further comprises walking the horse at least one furlong. 
     
     
         18 . The method according to  claim 13  wherein the race distance comprises 7 furlongs. 
     
     
         19 . The method according to  claim 13  wherein the race track further comprises a 180 degree turn between the race start and the race end. 
     
     
         20 . The method according to  claim 13  wherein a wager having odds may be placed on each of the plurality of races and wherein the odds remain static after the start of each of the plurality of races.