By Ray Wallin It feels good to win. It feels bad to lose. Your ego will either make you feel like a success or an utter failure. Spending time thinking either way is a surefire way to lose money at th...
By Ray Wallin As handicappers we have all made mistakes. Even those who make their living playing the races have been known to slip up from time to time or have an error in judgment. While the good ha...
By Ray Wallin Once a handicapper finds what wins it is only natural to be excited. Thoughts start racing through your head about how much you could stand to make each week, month, or over the course o...
By Ray Wallin In Part 1, we saw the first half of the biggest Breeders’ Cup upsets. There were some recognizable names and a few one-hit wonders, but the prices they paid were at least memorable. Ar...
By Ray Wallin The world of sports is full of upsets: David versus Goliath, the USA hockey team beating the Soviets in the 1980 Olympics, and my beloved New York Jets winning any game. If you have ever...
By Ray Wallin Love him or hate him, he is the first name people think of when they think of horse trainers. Seemingly always clouded by controversy, this year more than others, Bob Baffert is ready to...
2021 Breeders’ Cup Distaff Contenders, Odds and Post Position In the days leading up to the 38th Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar in California, usracing.com is publishing profiles on the horses in th...
2021 Breeders’ Cup Distaff Contenders, Odds and Post Position In the days leading up to the 38th Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar in California, usracing.com is publishing profiles on the horses in ...
By Ray Wallin Recently a reader emailed me a question. Scatterbrained Scott wanted to know how to get more time to handicap and how to use that time efficiently. This is a problem that I know I lot of...
By Ray Wallin Ask almost any handicapper about what pace style they think has an edge at the track and you will get the same answer: Early speed As handicappers we frame our reference of track bias on...
