Melissa Hoppert, horse-racing writer for The New York Times, reporter-producer “Broken Horses”

05/22/24 • -1 min

Melissa Hoppert–a horse-racing writer for The New York Times, and one of two reporter-producers (with Times colleague Joe Drape) featured onscreen in the new horse-racing documentary, “Broken Horses,” a New York Times/FX production streaming on Hulu—recalls becoming enchanted with the horse racing realm as a young girl, after an uncle married into a horse breeding [...]

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