Edward L. Bowen (December 23, 1942 – January 20, 2025) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing historian and author, and the president of the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, an institution involved in funding equine research.
In 1970 he returned to work for The Blood-Horse as its managing editor, remaining with magazine for another twenty-three years and rising to be its editor-in-chief.
[citation needed] Bowen was the author of eighteen books, including the two-volume set, Legacies of the Turf .
He penned the story of Man o' War, the first book in the Thoroughbred Legends series published by Eclipse Press.
Bowen's most recent book was Matriarchs, Volume 2: More Great Mares of Modern Times , released in October 2008.