Can you offer us a scale for the range of numbers?
From what to what?

Yes, I would invert to the range.

If you do not want it weighted, also convert to percentages.

If you do not want it weighted, also convert to percentages. — RanchWest

Yes, like 100 - score.

Or 20, or whatever.

That's why I asked for the scale.

You could also rank the values in ascending order and then

IF RANK = 1 then OddsValue = 100*
ELSEIF RANK = 2 then OddsValue = 90
ELSEIF RANK = 3 then OddsValue = 80
ELSEIF RANK = 4 then OddsValue = 70
.
.
ELSEIF RANK >= 12 then OddsValue = 1
END IF

* These values can be any value you want. A Fibonacci series would probably work better.

Say lowest would be 7 and highest would be 35.

I think you guys may have already given me the answer/

Say lowest would be 7 and highest would be 35.

I think you guys may have already given me the answer/ — Tom

What would that answer look like?

Rank 1 = 5
Rank 2 = 4
etc. to
Rank 5 =1

Another approach is to assign Fibonacci numbers to the rankings.

Another approach is to assign Fibonacci numbers to the rankings. — RanchWest

My personal favorite.
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I want to make an odds line based on lower-is-better numbers,
3
7
11
15
18
Any suggestions how to turn these into probabilities? — Tom

Are these similar to Sheet Numbers, by chance?
If so, I have a schema for that.
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Rank 1 = 5
Rank 2 = 4
etc. to
Rank 5 =1 — Tom

I'd call this one, FUZZY handicapping.

I'd weight it as follows:
5 = 100 (Excellent)
4 = 62 (Good)
3 = 38 (Average)
2 = 24 (Fair)
1 = 14 (Poor)

I'd also add a 7 & 9.)
7 = 162 (Think Off-the-scale horse.)
9 = 262 (Secretariat entered in a $20k claimer.)

Then I'd normalize the whole thing to 100%.

I take my totals and raise them to a power of 1.2 to 1.6 because the low odds horses will usually be overbet and this takes that into account.

But, in the end, I tend to generally not put a lot of credence in the specific odds. I just want to know which horses should be most likely to make my contenders list. Not all low odds horses are contenders, though.

The numbers ranks, ie like Sartin outlined in the Yellow Manual, To simplify:
EP SP AP
1 3 2 = 6
2 4 3 = 9
3 1 4 = 8
4 5 5 = 14
I'm playing around with Randy Giles' Optimum Pace Model and want to incorporate either class or Bris PP into a final number.

EP SP AP
1 3 2 = 6
2 4 3 = 9
3 1 4 = 8
4 5 5 = 14 — Tom

Maybe add Reynolds numbers?

Best 2 multiplied together
Best 3 multiplied together

Thus
1 3 2 = 2 6
2 4 3 = 6 24
3 1 4 = 3 12
4 5 5 = 20 100

I use the ranks of the 7 primary Sartin factors.

I use the ranks of the 7 primary Sartin factors. — RanchWest

What are those these days, please?

I am not an expert on Sartin, but here's what I use (by rank of the pace line):

Early Pace
Late Pace
Total Energy
Turn Time
Hidden fraction
FW
FX

To correct myself, though, I use this as a significant number, but I don't think I include this in my odds line, though I certainly couldn't disagree with anyone who does.