Horse Racing at the Movies

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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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‘Audiences went along with the awkward compromise and flocked to the film’ – Jay Hovdey on Jean Harlow’s farewell in Saratoga
Jay Hovdey | Jul 21, 2024 |
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‘Horses never kid … they always tell the truth’ – when legendary filmmaker Fred Zinnemann tried his hand at racing
Jay Hovdey | Jun 23, 2024 |
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‘The sport deserves a better cinematic version of Secretariat – and so does Secretariat’
Jay Hovdey | May 26, 2024 |
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‘Shergar, Shergar, where are you?’ When one of racing’s most disturbing mysteries hit the silver screen
Jay Hovdey | Apr 21, 2024 |
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‘Just enough grit to leaven the fantasy’ – tugging at the heartstrings with the tale of a girl and her horse
Jay Hovdey | Mar 24, 2024 |

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