For many horseplayers and handicappers, winter racing means Gulfstream, Santa Anita and other warm weather locales, as the best racing of the season migrates away from cold places like Kentucky and th...
Aqueduct Racetrack has a great card scheduled for Saturday, anchored by the Grade I Cigar Mile Handicap, which drew Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) runner-up Sharp Azteca, Practical Joke (fourth in the BC M...
There are basically three ways to make money at the racetrack — two, if you’re averse to wearing a ski mask and passing threatening notes to the mutuel clerks. The first is by identifying and bett...
On Jan. 19, 2014, Peyton Manning passed for 400 yards in a 26-16 victory over the New England Patriots that catapulted the Denver Broncos into Super Bowl XLVIII — which they lost in humiliating fash...
Not so long ago at a local OTB, I couldn’t help but get drawn into a heated discussion between two horseplayers. One gentleman had bought a tip sheet for Churchill Downs, which listed three selectio...
Saturday’s Woodbine card is one that makes race fans salivate in anticipation, like Pavlov’s dogs at a recital of “Carol of the Bells”. The 13-race program features four graded stakes, includi...
There is a topic that many handicapping personalities talk about a lot. Some use it as an excuse for an unexpected performance, either good or bad. It is treated as through it is some sort of phenomen...
The following is based on a true story, because it is a true story. I turned 18 back in July, so, needless to say, I do not have much time left. So, I decided bet my future rent money on the ponies, a...
US Racing contributor Ray Wallin continues his video tutorial on pace handicapping. Ray WallinRay Wallin is a licensed civil engineer and part-time handicapper who has had a pres...
I used to admire Nate Silver, creator of the FiveThirtyEight website that relies on statistical analysis to make various predictions, most famously about politics. Even after he, like pretty much ever...
