Tag: handicapping methods

By Ray Wallin What would a Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher know about handicapping? I doubt Marcus Aurelius, the author of the famous philosophical work Meditations, was trying to figure out the contenders in the …

By Ray Wallin I get all kinds of emails and messages on social media from US Racing’s readers. I get folks that love to share memories of their favorite moment in racing history. I have …

By Ray Wallin If two handicappers have the exact same skills, what makes one more successful than the other? Being mentally strong. Can an individual be born mentally strong? Absolutely, yet anyone can learn and …

By Ray Wallin In business they tell you that you should reinvent yourself every five years to stay relevant. You don’t want your skillset to become obsolete and your position eliminated. The same is true …

What do the Holy Grail and an all-encompassing, profitable handicapping number for every type of race have in common? People have searched for both of them forever and no one has found either one yet! …

Everyone likes to set goals. Many of us, year after year, make a New Year’s resolution that we don’t stick to. Companies and departments set goals for sales or productivity. More times than not, we …