A leading author, Eclipse Award-winning journalist, and racing historian who has impacted the sport for more than six decades, Edward L. Bowen has been named the Thoroughbred Club of America's 2022 Testimonial Dinner Honor Guest by the organization's Board of Directors. The Club's 91st Testimonial Dinner will be held at Keeneland Mar. 31.
“The Thoroughbred Club of America is delighted to name Edward Bowen as its 2022 Honor Guest”, said Club President Tony Lacy. “Ed is respected worldwide for his integrity, talent, and love of racing, and his wide-ranging contributions to the horse industry cannot be overstated. He has been the steward of such cornerstone institutions as the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation and Blood-Horse, an Eclipse Award-winning journalist, prolific author, and guardian of the important history of our great sport. We congratulate Ed and thank him for his lifelong commitment to the betterment of racing.”
The former editor-in-chief of The Blood-Horse magazine, Bowen also authored 22 books on racing. He spent 24 years at the helm of the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation as president until retiring in 2018.
Bowen, who recently turned 80, has held multiple jobs in the industry, had his work published in multiple countries, and has won multiple awards in addition to his Eclipse Award. A Kentucky Colonel and a past president of the Thoroughbred Club of America, he is currently a trustee of the National Museum of Racing, for which he has served for some 35 years as chairman of its Hall of Fame Nominating Committee and is also chairman of its Joe Hirsch Media Roll of Honor Selection Committee. Bowen lives in Versailles, Ky., with his wife, Ruthie, and has three grown children in addition to two granddaughters.
The Thoroughbred Club Testimonial Dinner was inaugurated in 1932 with first recipient Col. E. R. Bradley and it annually recognizes distinguished contributions of leadership as well as success in the Thoroughbred industry. Designation as the 2022 award recipient reflects postponements of the annual event caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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