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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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  • ‘A stone cold horse racing classic from nearly 70 years ago that I’d never heard of, let alone seen’
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    ‘A stone cold horse racing classic from nearly 70 years ago that I’d never heard of, let alone seen’

    Jay Hovdey  |  Nov 26, 2023  | 
  • Golden Pheasant: ‘Entering the Japan Cup walking ring was like walking into a football stadium’
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    Golden Pheasant: ‘Entering the Japan Cup walking ring was like walking into a football stadium’

    Jay Hovdey  |  Nov 24, 2023  | 
  • ‘Tough to swallow … local stables were shut out stone cold’ – Jay Hovdey examines the West Coast whitewash at the Breeders’ Cup
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    ‘Tough to swallow … local stables were shut out stone cold’ – Jay Hovdey examines the West Coast whitewash at the Breeders’ Cup

    Jay Hovdey  |  Nov 15, 2023  | 
  • Phar Lap: how a Melbourne Cup icon became a hero of the silver screen
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    Phar Lap: how a Melbourne Cup icon became a hero of the silver screen

    Jay Hovdey  |  Nov 6, 2023  | 
  • Mizdirection: ‘She was one of a kind, a pleasure to be around’ – meet Santa Anita’s ‘Queen of the Hill’
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    Mizdirection: ‘She was one of a kind, a pleasure to be around’ – meet Santa Anita’s ‘Queen of the Hill’

    Jay Hovdey  |  Oct 18, 2023  | 
  • ‘Why betting on the ponies acts as both the perfect solution and the poisonous pill’ – D.H. Lawrence hits the silver screen
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    ‘Why betting on the ponies acts as both the perfect solution and the poisonous pill’ – D.H. Lawrence hits the silver screen

    Jay Hovdey  |  Oct 8, 2023  | 
  • Commentator: ‘To suggest a Thoroughbred could be at his peak at age seven is stretching the concept … ’
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    Commentator: ‘To suggest a Thoroughbred could be at his peak at age seven is stretching the concept … ’

    Jay Hovdey  |  Sep 23, 2023  | 
  • Gio Ponti: ‘We never ducked anyone – he lasted at the top level for four years, and you cannot say that about too many horses’
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    Gio Ponti: ‘We never ducked anyone – he lasted at the top level for four years, and you cannot say that about too many horses’

    Jay Hovdey  |  Aug 16, 2023  | 
  • ‘I got bitten by the baby zebra and kicked by the baby zebra – but so did everybody else’
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    ‘I got bitten by the baby zebra and kicked by the baby zebra – but so did everybody else’

    Jay Hovdey  |  Aug 13, 2023  | 
  • Warts-and-all tale of a crooked jockey – but Hollywood takes liberties with Hemingway in Under My Skin
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    Warts-and-all tale of a crooked jockey – but Hollywood takes liberties with Hemingway in Under My Skin

    Jay Hovdey  |  Jul 23, 2023  | 
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