KV,

The scary thing is I know how to do it to come up with a good answer in a short time frame. I also know how to get the best answer but it takes a lot longer.

You are delving into Artificial Intelligence here and this is where is all gets fun (for those of us with a sick mind).

There are numerous methods we can try to come up with an optimum solution within a short time frame. I would suggest using a simple Genetic Algorithm that mutates using a compeititve nature for killing off useless combinations. This is the direction I will be heading, but there are always other possibilities.

With over 2 Billion combinations it will take a long time to run all the combinations over tens of thousands of races. I only have 200 races in my databse at the moment but it would still take several days to do all the combinations. Adding more races will only slow it down further.

Just out of interest what database and language are you using for your testing ?

I am using an OracleXE database with Java as the coding language for my applications.

Thanks