HorseTracker.java

// Allows us to use Scanner (which is for user input)
import java.util.*;


// Don't worry about why we need this. HorseTracker is the name of this program,
//  which is why we used it here
class HorseTracker
{
    public static String[] getHorseData(int horseCount)
    {
        // Defines a bucket called sc, of type Scanner, which contains a scanner that we can use to get user input
        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
        String[] horseNames = new String[horseCount];
        String horseName;
        // for loop
        for (int i = 0; i < horseCount; i++)
        {
            System.out.print("Horse Name: ");
            // this is how we get a string from the user
            horseName = sc.nextLine();
            horseNames[i] = horseName;
        }
        return horseNames;
    }
    
    public static int[] getRaceData(int horseCount)
    {
        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
        int[] horseFinishTimes = new int[horseCount];
        int horseFinishTime;
        for (int i = 0; i < horseCount; i++)
        {
            horseFinishTime = 0;
            while (horseFinishTime == 0)
            {
                try
                {
                    System.out.print("Horse Finish time: ");
                    // this is how we get an integer from the user. In java you don't need to convert string input to integer to get an integer
                    horseFinishTime = sc.nextInt();
                    horseFinishTimes[i] = horseFinishTime;
                }
                catch (InputMismatchException e)
                {
                    System.out.println("Please enter the horse finish time correctly");
                    horseFinishTime = 0;
                }
            }
        }           
        return horseFinishTimes;
    }

    public static int calcWinner(int[] horseFinishTimes)
    {
        int lowestTime = 10000;
        int finishTime;
        int horseNumber = 0;
        int fastestHorseNumber;
        for (int i = 0; i < horseFinishTimes.length; i++)
        {
            finishTime = horseFinishTimes[i];
            if (finishTime < lowestTime)
            {
                lowestTime = finishTime;
                horseNumber = i;
            }
            
        }
        fastestHorseNumber = horseNumber;
        System.out.println("Fastest horse is " + fastestHorseNumber);
        return fastestHorseNumber;
    }

    public static void displayTimes(String[] horseNames, int[] horseFinishTimes)
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < horseNames.length; i++)
        {
            System.out.println("Horse with number " + i + " Name: " + horseNames[i] + "Finish time: " + horseFinishTimes[i]);
        }
    }

    public static void findHorseName(int horseNumber, String[] horseNames)
    {
        String horseName = horseNames[horseNumber];
        System.out.println("Horse with number " + horseNumber + "is " + horseName);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
        String[] horseNames;
        int[] horseFinishTimes;
        int winningHorseNumber;

        int horseCount = 0;
        while (horseCount == 0) 
        {
            try
            {
                System.out.print("Horse count: ");
                horseCount = sc.nextInt();
            }
            catch (InputMismatchException e)
            {
                System.out.println("Please enter the horse count correctly");
                horseCount = 0;
            }
        }
        horseNames = getHorseData(horseCount);
        horseFinishTimes = getRaceData(horseCount);
        displayTimes(horseNames, horseFinishTimes);
        winningHorseNumber = calcWinner(horseFinishTimes);
        findHorseName(winningHorseNumber, horseNames);
        
    }

    

    
}

test.py

def get_horse_data(horse_count):
    horse_names = []
    for i in range(0, horse_count):
        horse_name = input("Horse Name: ")
        horse_names.append(horse_name)
    return horse_names


def get_race_data(horse_count):
    horse_finish_times = []
    for i in range(0, horse_count):
        horse_finish_time = ""
        while horse_finish_time == "":
            try:
                horse_finish_time = input("Horse Finish Time: ")
                horse_finish_time = int(horse_finish_time)
            except ValueError:
                print("Please enter the horse finish time correctly.")
                horse_finish_time = ""
        horse_finish_times.append(horse_finish_time)
    return horse_finish_times

def calc_winner(horse_finish_times):
    lowest_time = 10000
    for i in range(0, len(horse_finish_times)): 
        finish_time = horse_finish_times[i]
        if finish_time < lowest_time:
            lowest_time = finish_time
            horse_number = i
    fastest_horse_number = horse_number
    print("Fastest horse is {}".format(fastest_horse_number))
    return fastest_horse_number

def display_times(horse_names, horse_finish_times):
    for i in range(0, len(horse_names)):
        print("Number: {} Name: {} Finish Time: {}".format(i, horse_names[i], horse_finish_times[i]))

def find_horse_name(horse_number, horse_names):
    horse_name = horse_names[horse_number]
    print("Horse with number {} is {}".format(horse_number, horse_name))
    return 

horse_names = []
horse_finish_times = []

horse_count = ""
while horse_count == "":
    try:
        horse_count = input("Horse Count: ")
        horse_count = int(horse_count)
    except ValueError:
        print("Please enter the horse count correctly.")
        horse_count = ""
horse_names = get_horse_data(horse_count)
horse_finish_times = get_race_data(horse_count)
display_times(horse_names, horse_finish_times)
winning_horse_number = calc_winner(horse_finish_times)
find_horse_name(winning_horse_number, horse_names)