Ep 29: The Score-Reining Stats, 2023 Statistics Recap, and the 2024 NRBC and 100X Stakes

A compilation judging analytics from open aged events in reining officiating from 2023 are analyzed and discussed. What do the results from this year's NRBC and 100X Stales say? This episode compares the 2023 judging trends to the first half of 2024 open aged events.

The depth of Open competition continues to drive forward and set new trends and norms for the industry.

The depth of Open competition continues to drive forward and find new peaks and valleys and this competition proves it.

We slice and dice the numbers and scores including penalties applied and not applied along with the maneuver evaluation decisions made. We look at the go rounds and finals of the 2024 NRBC and 2024 100X Cowtown Classic Stakes.

A new athletic discipline enters the market: we look at and discuss the new Ranch Fuel Super Slide as a new officiating scale is introduced.    We share and explain the stats of the officials performance and error rate in the open aged event.

Our Moderator
Chelsea Sutton
– Premier Reining Announcer & Voice of 100x Shows
– CEO / Founder ConsultMent Agency

The Show Rundown

  • 2023 Summary of standards and numbers as set by officials
  • Did the judges use the scale, and does it matter?
  • Over 88% of maneuver marks are scored between -.5 to +.5, even at the aged events
  • Does penalty application being non-unanimous affect the final scores? 
  • Crossing 0 and errors: why do they happen so much?  

This episode looks at the standards set by 2023 events and then discusses the 4 major events held so far this year. Graphs illustrate why the scores come out the way they do and how hard it is at the top of the class, including analytics for making the cut for finals or the cut for purse payout at events like The Run For A Million Qualifier at The Cactus Classic Reining and the NRBC.

Video runs used in video review and analysis are Mirjam Stillo and Hot Chicks Love me from the Ranch Fuel Super Slide Contest.

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