June 22, 2022
Obituary:
https://kearneyfs.com/obituaries/william-thomas-ziemba
He was a friend and joined our Sartin group on several occasions at Saratoga and Del Mar. Always a generous and giving individual, IMO.
We had corresponded only a month ago when he was planning to head to Keenland for Breeders' Cup. Was hoping to catch up with him on my next trip to Vancouver. He seemed indestructible, despite various growing mobility issues. We all met several times in Saratoga and I stayed at his home in Vancouver and in Whistler a few years ago. Fondest memories (though it was crazy at the time) was pushing him and our other late friend Bill Varone (Binder, here) in wheelchairs around Del Mar during Breeders' Cup 2017.
A true contributor to the mathematics of betting and analysis not only in horse racing but in economics and finance, who influenced people like Benter in his time and other more obscure whale syndicates. Condolences to his wife and daughter.
Breeders Cup 2017 (Bill Z, left)
RIP Dr Z.
Ted