Andrew Bayer

Andrew Beyer (born November 17, 1943) is an American expert on horse race betting who designed the Beyer Speed Figure.
Born in Carbondale, Illinois, he attended Harvard and wrote for the school paper, the Crimson, before committing to full time betting.
In the early 1970s, while working for the Washington Daily News, Beyer did extensive work on the concept of speed figures and wrote books that helped popularize their use. By calculating variables such as the track conditions and the... plus