About Andrew Beyer

By George Solomon

Andrew Beyer was born in Carbondale, Illinois. After working at The Washington Post for more than 37 years at age 72, Beyer retired from the newspaper on Jan. 1 of 2016. He nevertheless remains among the leading authorities in the country on horse racing, the author of four books and the originator of the Beyer Speed Figures, a numerical rating of every performance by every U.S. racehorse that appears in the Daily Racing Form.