Horse Racing at the Movies

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The curious case of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson and a missing racehorse – or when the small screen beat the big screen
Jay Hovdey | Feb 25, 2024 |
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‘A racing tale spilled straight from the guts of people who cared very much about getting things right’ – Jay Hovdey on Jockey
Jay Hovdey | Feb 11, 2024 |

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‘A high-calorie feast of delightful excess’ – Jay Hovdey on Kincsem biopic
Jay Hovdey | Dec 24, 2023 |
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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 |
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Phar Lap: how a Melbourne Cup icon became a hero of the silver screen
Jay Hovdey | Nov 6, 2023 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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‘The Killing is beyond hard-boiled … Stanley Kubrick’s racetrack heist movie is a polished gem in a poisonous setting’
Jay Hovdey | Jul 2, 2023 |
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‘The screenplay of Boots Malone suggested someone spent a lot of time hanging around the dustier corners of the backstretch’
Jay Hovdey | May 28, 2023 |

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