Analýza dostihového provozu v České republice v posledních 20 letech

The diploma thesis "Analysis of horse racing in the Czech Republic in the last 20 years," deals with the history, origin and the performance testing of the English Thoroughbred. It also describes the beginnings and evolution of the races, the division of the races, and, last but not least, the racing system in the Czech Republic. The experimental part of the thesis evaluates the development of horse racing in the Czech Republic and statistical evaluation of the influence of sex, color, country of origin and year of the start of the horses on their performance. The data used in the thesis come from the database of the Jockey Club of the Czech Republic. Horses chosen into the analysis are 3 years old animals running flat racing in the years 2000, 2008 and 2017. The data has been processed and statistically evaluated in the programme STATISTICA 2012. Racing performance was determined according to the so-called handicap (GH) and values of classification. A statistically conclusive influence on the performance of horses have sex, year of the start and the country of origin (the suffix). It was found that mares (54,86 kg) are statistically clearly worse than geldings (59,35 kg) and stallions (65,23 kg). In the year 2000 sex was statistically inconclusive, as opposed to the year 2008 and 2017, when stallions were statistically better than mares and geldings. When testing the color of the horses on their performance it was proofed that it has no effect. The only deviation showed up in the year when color came out statistically relevant. Tests done by the country of origin showed that the horses from the United States (52,79 kg) are statistically worse than horses from the UK or Ireland (67,19 kg) or other countries (68,27 kg). It was proofed that the quality of performance of the three-year old flat horses is getting better towards present