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Jay Hovdey

Jay Hovdey, author of the series Favorite Racehorses and Horse Racing Goes to the Movies for Thoroughbred Racing Commentary, is a five-time Eclipse Award winner for turf writing, winner of the Walter Haight Award for career excellence, and a member of the Joe Hirsch Media Roll of Honor at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, NY.

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  • Big Jag: ‘That’s a chunk of a horse – he put a lot of smiles on a lot of people’s faces’
    Jay Hovdey's Favorite Racehorses

    Big Jag: ‘That’s a chunk of a horse – he put a lot of smiles on a lot of people’s faces’

    Jay Hovdey  |  Feb 23, 2023  | 
  • Nashoba’s Key: ‘She’d lay back and lunge at you like a viper if you got too close’
    Jay Hovdey's Favorite Racehorses

    Nashoba’s Key: ‘She’d lay back and lunge at you like a viper if you got too close’

    Jay Hovdey  |  Dec 23, 2022  | 
  • Pleasant Tap: Handsome, honest, reliable – on screen he would have been typecast as the loyal best friend
    Jay Hovdey's Favorite Racehorses

    Pleasant Tap: Handsome, honest, reliable – on screen he would have been typecast as the loyal best friend

    Jay Hovdey  |  Nov 16, 2022  | 
  • Megahertz: ‘You’d see this little thing pin her ears and come running’ – remembering the pint-sized rocket
    Jay Hovdey's Favorite Racehorses

    Megahertz: ‘You’d see this little thing pin her ears and come running’ – remembering the pint-sized rocket

    Jay Hovdey  |  Oct 18, 2022  | 
  • Lost In The Fog: a lightning strike of a racehorse
    Jay Hovdey's Favorite Racehorses

    Lost In The Fog: a lightning strike of a racehorse

    Jay Hovdey  |  Sep 14, 2022  | 
  • Sandpit: nothing less than a four-legged Robert Redford
    Jay Hovdey's Favorite Racehorses

    Sandpit: nothing less than a four-legged Robert Redford

    Jay Hovdey  |  Aug 17, 2022  | 
  • Tizna: the mare for all seasons who became a national hero
    Jay Hovdey's Favorite Racehorses

    Tizna: the mare for all seasons who became a national hero

    Jay Hovdey  |  Jul 20, 2022  | 
  • Exbourne: ‘I could be hopelessly beaten with 50 yards left and he would win by a neck’ – Gary Stevens
    Jay Hovdey's Favorite Racehorses

    Exbourne: ‘I could be hopelessly beaten with 50 yards left and he would win by a neck’ – Gary Stevens

    Jay Hovdey  |  Jun 22, 2022  | 
  • Fran’s Valentine: ‘She continued to try so darn hard’
    Jay Hovdey's Favorite Racehorses

    Fran’s Valentine: ‘She continued to try so darn hard’

    Jay Hovdey  |  May 18, 2022  | 
  • Bates Motel: ‘If he’d been a human being, I think he would have ended up in federal prison’ – John Gosden
    Jay Hovdey's Favorite Racehorses

    Bates Motel: ‘If he’d been a human being, I think he would have ended up in federal prison’ – John Gosden

    Jay Hovdey  |  Apr 27, 2022  | 
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