Jockey Quincy Hamilton

Born:  12/07/1983, Jasper, TexasResides:  Oklahoma City, OklahomaFamily:  Emma, daughter; Carter, son                 Quincy rode his first full meeting at Oaklawn in 2009,  a banner session that  saw the Texan  wind up second in the final standings to Terry Thompson. At the Spa, Quincy won with 39 of his 236 mounts.                With the 2010 Oaklawn meeting more than half over, Quincy has been successful with 12 of 109 mounts.                 Hamilton was the nation’s ninth ranked jockey in 2005 with 278 winners. He is son of the outstanding quarter horse rider, John Hamilton. “My father wanted me to ride quarter horses,  but my preference was thoroughbreds,” recalled Quincy.                                                                                     Hamilton graduated from Cy Creek High in Houston, TX in 2002. “Even though my dad is a jockey, I didn’t think about galloping or riding race horses, until I got out of high school,” he reflected. He grew up in the Houston, Texas area and fondly recalls winning the first  race of  his riding career at Sam Houston Park in October of 2003.He rode 180 winners when he had the apprentice allowance.                Remembers Quincy, “I was still riding Proven Cure when the horse, at 12, won the grass stakes at Lone Star,  Sam Houston and Remington. In all, I rode him 12 times and he won 10 of them.”