Hi robertrack,
Provide a common class for all the GridView and use class selector to apply for all the GridView like below.
<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" CssClass="highlight" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="false">
<Columns>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
<asp:GridView ID="GridView2" CssClass="highlight" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="false">
<Columns>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
<asp:GridView ID="GridView3" CssClass="highlight" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="false">
<Columns>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
Use the below code to apply hover effect for all the gridview.
$(".highlight td").hover(function () { });