Stewards' Cup

The Stewards’ Cup, fourth oldest race at the Glorious Goodwood meeting, is a handicap over 6 furlongs and is traditionally held on the final day of the 5-day meeting, although up to 1992 it was staged on the opening day. In 1833 one of the Senior Stewards at the meeting was given the honour of choosing any race at the meeting to present an annual Stewards trophy, occasionally selecting a sprint race of 6 furlongs, but from time to time a race up to 1 mile 4 furlongs was selected. Then, in 1839, Lord George Bentinck, later appointed Senior Steward to the Jockey Club in July 1845, suggested that the Stewards’ Cup should be perpetually run over 6 furlongs, and the inaugural race was held in 1840.
Early history:-The inaugural running of the Stewards' Cup was on Friday 31st July 1840 when Mr Bowes’s 6-year-old chestnut Epirus beat Mus and Euclid.
Stewards' Cup 1845 Handicap 6 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Age/weight Owner
1 PSALMSINGER Irvine 3-5st 4lbs Lord Stanley 100/6
2 PHYSALIS Nat Flatman 4-7st 5lbs Colonel Peel 7/1
3 AFRICAN Charles Marson 6-8st 7lbs Lord George Bentinck 5/1 fav
4 PHILIP T Lye 5-8st 2lbs Mr Meiklam 20/1
5 QUEEN OF THE GIPSIES Sly 5-8st 1lbs Mr Ongley 20/1
6 EXAMPLE H Bell 4-8st 0lbs Mr Worley 20/1
7 BEAUMONT Holmes 4-7st 12lbs Mr Mostyn 12/1
8 CARILLON Arthur 5-7st 12lbs Mr D Cookes 20/1
9 SIR ARBETRUPUS M Noble 5-7st 9lbs Captain Harcourt 20/1
10 WEE PET Pettit 5-7st 8lbs Lord Exeter 20/1
11 WHEEL Maloney aged-7st 7lbs Lord Waterford 20/1
12 VAUDEVILLE W Howlett 3-7st 6lbs Lord Eglinton 10/1
13 THE ALTERED ONE Crouch 6-7st 5lbs Mr Carr 20/1
14 KARNAC W Abdale 4-7st 3lbs Lord George Bentinck 20/1
15 MOUSTACHE Mitson 4-7st 3lbs Mr Balchin 20/1
16 SIR FRANCIS J Chapple 3-6st 13lbs Mr Greville 10/1
17 COCKFIGHTER Whitehouse 4-6st 12lbs Lord Chesterfield 10/1
18 PICNIC Kitchener 3-6st 11lbs Duke of Richmond 20/1
19 ANNA PERENNA A Day 4-6st 4lbs Mr Thompson 20/1
20 BRITANNIA J Prince 3-6st 3lbs Lord Eglinton 20/1
21 RICHARD CRICKET J Sharpe 3-4st 13lbs Mr Gill 10/1
22 HASHED VENISON Prince 3-5st 0lbs General Wyndham 25/1
23 JEWBOY Kitchener 2-4st 0lbs Lord March 10/1
This race took place on Wednesday 30th July 1845 and was valued at 300 sovereigns (equivalent to £39,000 in 2021) when there were 39 subscribers. Over round 156%

The 1845 Stewards’ Cup represents the gallant, persecuted Queen Boadicea, standing erect on her chariot drawn by two noble horses, leading the Britons to attack the Romans. One of her injured daughters is seated in the chariot with her, with a Roman standard-bearer under the feet of the trampling steeds.