tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post3094326033932888841..comments2024-03-05T05:38:22.024-05:00Comments on Left at the Gate: Not Jacques WhoAlan Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-78188248949375472472011-06-21T13:13:33.071-04:002011-06-21T13:13:33.071-04:00Jacques Who was in the field for Secretariat's...Jacques Who was in the field for Secretariat's first start. Neither horse hit the board that day, the only time Secretariat finished out of the money.Tom Barristerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05875564656102805184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-57436660975927954802008-08-23T10:51:00.000-04:002008-08-23T10:51:00.000-04:00Interesting that Zoom Loom won at Liberty Bell. Th...Interesting that Zoom Loom won at Liberty Bell. That's where Jacques Who earned a career at stud (I don't believe Keystone had opened yet). Late in his career, he won the Squires Stakes there and eventually stood in New York. <BR/><BR/>I also believe he was either a full or half brother to Heavenly Cause, the champion filly that Woody Stephens trained. <BR/><BR/>By the way, another Woody trained Jacques Who, the vastly underrated Woody Sedlacek, who also trained the likes of Shy Dawn, Champagne Charlie, El Basco, Purple Mountain, and Bounding Basque, which won a split division of the Wood [Woody?] Memorial with Gregg McCarron in the irons. <BR/><BR/>Another legendary New York runner-up of note was Full Quid, trained by the late Red Terrill in, I believe, the early 1980s. I think he might have run second something like 9 times in a row.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-1119237785392090502008-08-20T11:38:00.000-04:002008-08-20T11:38:00.000-04:00The only thing I found on Zoom Loom thus far is th...The only thing I found on Zoom Loom thus far is that he won at Liberty Bell on June 21, 1971, setting a track record in the process. One of four winners on the day for jockey Donald Brumfield.Alan Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-90313570218925840392008-08-20T11:34:00.000-04:002008-08-20T11:34:00.000-04:00I was able to find that Zoom Loom was DQd out of h...I was able to find that Zoom Loom was DQd out of his maiden win and placed second.<BR/>He must have picked up the habit from that experience.<BR/>Wish someone could look up his complete record of second-place finishes.<BR/>I remember it as being amazing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-7303680661399837882008-08-20T11:31:00.000-04:002008-08-20T11:31:00.000-04:00Seconditis -- useful tendency if one can spot it, ...Seconditis -- useful tendency if one can spot it, often with talented maidens -- play them under logical longshots in exactas.<BR/><BR/>But I agree about not religiously betting against them. I'll excuse almost anything if there are significant positives and double-digit odds available.steve in nchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04061356872686618093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-44037780333437457982008-08-20T10:11:00.000-04:002008-08-20T10:11:00.000-04:00I'm stuck on the 23,000 at Belmont on a Thursday. ...I'm stuck on the 23,000 at Belmont on a Thursday. More and More I am apt to believe that Television sports exploded after that and horse racing missed the boat. Look at the NFL-they know how to make the TV think work-which only helps with attendance too. Ditto for NASCAR.SaratogaSpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05181152277681879529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-45258499636508931522008-08-20T09:42:00.000-04:002008-08-20T09:42:00.000-04:00Jacques Who was named for Jacques D. Wimpheimer?, ...Jacques Who was named for Jacques D. Wimpheimer?, not sure of spelling.<BR/><BR/>Never heard the telephone story but possible.<BR/><BR/>Besides running second a lot, he was very popular due to being almost white.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-60509925195896084902008-08-20T09:03:00.000-04:002008-08-20T09:03:00.000-04:00Over 23000 at Belmont on a Thursday. Wow.Over 23000 at Belmont on a Thursday. Wow.El Angelohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14145024095815950963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-79045314337485029682008-08-20T06:38:00.000-04:002008-08-20T06:38:00.000-04:00jAlan:Agree wholeheartedly on Highland Cat.I think...jAlan:<BR/>Agree wholeheartedly on Highland Cat.<BR/>I think he would have collared Approved by Dylan if he had another sixteenth of a mile.<BR/>I hope some of your readers are racing historians because back in the early 70s on the Florida circuit there was a horse named Zoom Loom who had an uncanny knack for coming in second.<BR/>In fact, if a horse came in second twice in a row the guys would comment that "Hey, we got another Zoom Loom here."<BR/>In those days you could go to Hialeah and hang out with the likes of Walter Matthau, Pete Axthelm and, of course, Harvey Pack. What a racing education for a young reporter who was in awe of the whole scene.ulewzbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-26486329871283460572008-08-19T22:45:00.000-04:002008-08-19T22:45:00.000-04:00I believe that Jacques Who got his name because ev...I believe that Jacques Who got his name because every time the owners wife answered the phone at the house and people asked for Jacques (her husband's first name) she would say, "Jacques who ?" It was her way of reminding callers not to use the informal method of addressing her husband in such a manner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com