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Jesse Willis Hammock September 15th, 1940 - June 24th, 2009

Jesse W. Hammock an American jockey, whose career spanned four decades (between the 1950’s and the 1980’s) and numerous states (including Maryland, Florida, New York, Ohio, West Virginia, and Delaware, among others.

During his career as a jockey, Jesse won hundreds of races and earned more than $3 million in purses in a riding career that began in 1958 and ended in 1983. Jesse rode in numerous stakes races over four decades for top trainers in a dozen states. After his retirement as a jockey, Jesse became a full-time television cameraman for Maryland’s International Sound Corporation and a clocker for the Daily Racing Form for the Maryland Jockey Club, helping oversee Maryland racing at Pimlico, Laurel Park, Bowie, and Timonium.