Jack Landis dies in Florida

Jack Landis, 84, of West Palm Beach, Fla., who won the 1982 Kentucky Futurity with Jazz Cosmos, died Monday, March 22.

 

Jazz Cosmos 3, 1:55 ($701,568), also captured a heat and finished second in summary in the 1982 Hambletonian at the Meadowlands. Racing under the name of Sunbird Stable, Landis also campaigned Why Not 4, 1:56.4 ($823,108) and Nearly Perfect 4, 1:54 ($630,327). His primary trainers were Joe Caraluzzi and Mickey McNichol and Jim Gluhm. He took a great interest in breeding horses and analyzing pedigrees and bred Sunbird Groovey 5, 1:55 ($244,660).

 

Outside of harness racing he was a pioneer in the market research industry, creating techniques that are still used today, and founded The Landis Group. In addition, his ongoing lifetime challenge was perfecting a system that has successfully predicted shifts in the stock market.

 

He is survived by his wife, Sandy; two children, Debbie and Steve; their spouses, Marshall and Lisa; five grandchildren, Joseph, Shayna, Vanessa, Jarred, Kevin; and two great-grandchildren, Alexis and Lucas.