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Jay Hovdey's Favorite Racehorses

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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's Favorite Racehorses

    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  | 
  • Precisionist: precocious, durable, versatile – and dripping with charisma
    Jay Hovdey's Favorite Racehorses

    Precisionist: precocious, durable, versatile – and dripping with charisma

    Jay Hovdey  |  Jul 22, 2023  | 
  • Cigar: ‘Grizzled veterans said they hadn’t seen a horse followed with such passion since Secretariat – and I believed them’
    Jay Hovdey's Favorite Racehorses

    Cigar: ‘Grizzled veterans said they hadn’t seen a horse followed with such passion since Secretariat – and I believed them’

    Jay Hovdey  |  Jun 28, 2023  | 
  • Free House: ‘A four-legged vitamin for the weary soul … a Thoroughbred who left nothing on the track’
    Jay Hovdey's Favorite Racehorses

    Free House: ‘A four-legged vitamin for the weary soul … a Thoroughbred who left nothing on the track’

    Jay Hovdey  |  May 31, 2023  | 
  • Vasilika: ‘She was special, very game and very smart’ – focus on a racehorse to be admired from all angles
    Jay Hovdey's Favorite Racehorses

    Vasilika: ‘She was special, very game and very smart’ – focus on a racehorse to be admired from all angles

    Jay Hovdey  |  Apr 19, 2023  | 
  • Azeri: ‘She was easy to adore … she was all racehorse’ – spotlight on a forgotten filly
    Jay Hovdey's Favorite Racehorses

    Azeri: ‘She was easy to adore … she was all racehorse’ – spotlight on a forgotten filly

    Jay Hovdey  |  Mar 23, 2023  | 
  • 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  | 
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