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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  | 
  • ‘Casey’s Shadow gets into the details like few feature films – dialogue, dynamics, and the actual handling of the horses’
    Commentary

    ‘Casey’s Shadow gets into the details like few feature films – dialogue, dynamics, and the actual handling of the horses’

    Jay Hovdey  |  Feb 26, 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  | 
  • ‘Champions was different from the maudlin crowd – they lived and they won’
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    ‘Champions was different from the maudlin crowd – they lived and they won’

    Jay Hovdey  |  Jan 29, 2023  | 
  • Flightline: ‘A Halley’s Comet of a racehorse’ – Jay Hovdey pays homage to the Horse of the Year
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    Flightline: ‘A Halley’s Comet of a racehorse’ – Jay Hovdey pays homage to the Horse of the Year

    Jay Hovdey  |  Jan 27, 2023  | 
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