Horse Racing at the Movies

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‘Enough pathos to choke a beggar’ – liberties are taken but star-studded movie helps sustain a Kentucky Derby legend
Jay Hovdey | May 4, 2025 |
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‘A by-the-numbers skimming of the Thoroughbred world’ – why it’s hard to be sympathetic to Simpatico
Jay Hovdey | Apr 6, 2025 |

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Romantic fatalism, honest and free from phony melodrama – Jay Hovdey on Lean On Pete
Jay Hovdey | Mar 2, 2025 |
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Henry Fonda double bill: when a celluloid hero tried his hand at horse racing – twice in two years
Jay Hovdey | Feb 9, 2025 |
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‘A bulletproof, gold-plated classic’ – Jay Hovdey on Let It Ride
Jay Hovdey | Dec 29, 2024 |
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Wisecracks and slapstick … plus the occasional bout of horse racing – Jay Hovdey revisits a Marx Brothers classic
Jay Hovdey | Dec 1, 2024 |
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‘It would be a shame to leave it off the viewing list of any serious racing fan’ – Jay Hovdey on Frederick Wiseman’s Racetrack
Jay Hovdey | Oct 20, 2024 |
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‘Two movies made 54 years and many cultural worlds apart’ – spotlight on a double bill of Seabiscuits
Jay Hovdey | Sep 22, 2024 |
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‘The last 22 minutes are harder to watch than Sophie being forced to make her choice’ – Jay Hovdey on the Ruffian movie
Jay Hovdey | Aug 25, 2024 |
Jay Hovdey's Favorite Racehorses
Star Over The Bay: ‘A big, vibrant beast who flashed like a comet across the western sky’ – Jay Hovdey remembers a blue collar turf hero
Jay Hovdey | Jul 24, 2024 |

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