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For Andrew Beyer, Secretariat Still Finishes First

In a Career of Handicapping Races, Secretariat Still Finishes First

06/09/2011

PBS News Hour

For Andrew Beyer, Secretariat Still Finishes First

Clip: 6/9/2011 | 4m 51s

In a Career of Handicapping Races, Secretariat Still Finishes First

Andrew Beyer has been a horse racing journalist since 1966, an achievement in itself considering the ongoing woes of the newspaper industry. While his longevity as a sportswriter is certainly an accomplishment, his greatest claim to fame is arguably the creation and industry adoption of the Beyer Speed Figures. Beyer describes why

06/09/2011

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