Edith W. Bancroft, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American racehorse owner and breeder
Date of Birth: 08-Oct-1905
Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York, United States
Date of Death: 04-Nov-1971
Profession: racehorse owners and breeders
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Edith W. Bancroft
- Edith Woodward Bancroft (October 8, 1905 – November 4, 1971) was an American owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racing horses best known for breeding and racing Damascus, the 1967 American Horse of the Year and a 1974 National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee who was ranked 16th in the 1999 Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century.
- Among others, Edith Bancroft bred Cloudy Dawn, who won the Arlington Handicap and Dwyer Stakes and ran third to winner Riva Ridge in the 1972 Belmont Stakes.
- The eldest of the four daughters of William Woodward Sr.
- and Elsie Ogden Cryder, in 1929 Edith Woodward married textile executive Thomas Moore Bancroft.
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