“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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“The Thoroughbred Club of America is excited to name Arthur B. Hancock III as our 2020 Honor Guest,” said the club’s president, Katherine LaMonica. “Arthur represents the Thoroughbred industry in its most sincere form, hailing from a family rooted strongly in tradition, while forging his own unique legacy of horsemanship and leadership in our sport.”

Hancock, who owns Stone Farm near Paris, Ky., is a fourth-generation horseman who grew up at Claiborne Farm. He leased 100 acres of his own and began Stone Farm in 1970, which celebrates its 50th year of operation this year and now comprises 2,200 acres. Hancock has bred, raised, sold, and/or raced top horses like Horse of the Year Sunday Silence (Halo), Horse of the Year Bricks and Mortar (Giant’s Causeway), additional GI Kentucky Derby winners Fusaichi Pegasus (Mr. Prospector) and Gato Del Sol (Cougar II), dual Classic winner Risen Star (Secretariat), and nearly 175 other black-type winners.

Married for 43 years to his wife, Staci, and the father of six childen, Hancock has served on the Kentucky Racing Commission, has been a director of Keeneland Association and Fasig-Tipton Company, and has also been a member of The Jockey Club. He co-founded Water Hay Oats Alliance (WHOA) and is a strong supporter of eliminating performance-enhancing drugs in racing, as well as Thoroughbred aftercare.

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