By Ray Wallin There are many who have left their mark on the sport of horse racing. If someone says Seabiscuit or Secretariat, you know who they are talking about. While horse names will be forever re...
By Ray Wallin Everyone gets burned out at some point. Whether it is at work, at home, coaching your kid’s sports team, or making your living playing the races, no one is immune to burnout. What are ...
by Ray Wallin You’ve noticed it. I am sure of it. If you’ve played the ponies at different racetracks you know what I mean. You see the same characters wherever you go. They may be older or younge...
Saturday was hot. Excessively hot. I was a mere four miles away from Monmouth Park coaching my kid’s rugby team earlier in the morning. It was already hot when we arrived at the Fair Haven Soccer Fi...
Kentucky Derby winner Country House won’t be running in the 52nd edition of the $1 million Haskell Invitational on Saturday, but the horse that crossed the finish line first in the Run for the Roses...
by Ray Wallin I’m a Jersey guy. I spent my formative years on the grandstand apron of Monmouth Park with my late Uncle Dutch learning the sport of horse racing. Hearing Frank Sinatra’s Summer Wind...
by Ray Wallin Are you sabotaging your bankroll? I bet you said “no.” I bet you said that emphatically, too! Some of you may be winning at the races; some of you may be losing at the races. Some of...
In the history of horse racing there have been hundreds, if not thousands, of great stretch drives. Some will be forgotten given the class level of the race, but many stakes races have produced stretc...
Nick Saban is one of the greatest coaches in college football history. His ability to recruit and his brilliant football mind have brought tremendous success to the University of Alabama’s football ...
Whether you make a living playing the races or pocket some serious folding money when you aren’t working your day job you need to be mentally strong. So what sets apart the winning from the losing h...
