By Ray Wallin Are you part of the 95% of people reading this article that do not know that today is World Statistics Day? I made that up, but it sounded good, didn’t it? Mark Twain once quipped “T...
By Ray Wallin The only thing harder for a horseplayer than deciding which horse to bet on is when the right time is to place their bets. There are a lot of factors that go into selecting a contender a...
by Ray Wallin The leaves are starting to turn. The hot summer days of relaxing on the apron at Monmouth Park are over. The horses have all shipped elsewhere for the fall and winter. Don’t get me wro...
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...
There are many schools of thought regarding what pace line to use when assessing an entrant. Conventional thinking points to using the last or next-to-last running line. Sometimes, neither one of thos...
I love watching Navy play football. Even in their off years their opponents often struggle at times to defend the triple option. Similarly, I watch a lot of horseplayers struggle with allowance op...
