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 1859 Handicap 6 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Age/weight Owner
1 MAID OF KENT J Daley 4-6st 7lbs Mr Gratwicke 10/1
2 MONTEBELLO Withington 6-7st 13lbs Mr Savile 20/1
3 PENALTY W Bottom 3-6st 7lbs Mr S Williams 50/1
4 NORTH LINCOLN John Osborne 3-8st 13lbs Baron Rothschild 25/1
5 ZUYDER ZEE Wells 5-8st 12lbs Mr W S Crawfurd 33/1
6 LITTLE GERARD Aldcroft aged-8st 9lbs Mr Hall 50/1
7 MADLLE DE CHANTILLY Jem Goater 5-8st 6lbs Count Frederick de Lagrange 25/1
8 KING AT ARMS Marlow 3-8st 4lbs Mr R Sutton 50/1
9 GLENMASSON French 5-8st 0lbs Mr J H C Wyndham 50/1
10 THEODORA Cresswell 6-8st 0lbs Captain Little 4/1 fav
11 HIGHWAYMAN J Mann 3-7st 13lbs Mr Capel 50/1
12 MAUD L Snowden 4-7st 12lbs Lord Coventry 50/1
13 TWILIGHT A Edwards 3-7st 8lbs Mr Dennis 14/1
14 RAVEN Plumb 5-7st 7lbs Mr Capel 50/1
15 WRESTLER Swift 4-7st 6lbs Mr W H Mundy 50/1
16 ST CLARENCE Britton 3-7st 4lbs Mrs Osbaldeston 50/1
17 THE GRAND SECRET George Fordham 4-7st 3lbs Mr C Johnstone 5/1
18 HAL O'KIRKLEES F Adams 3-7st 0lbs Mr Locke 50/1
19 MRS STOWE Bullock 3-7st 0lbs Mr T Dawson 33/1
20 NEWSTEAD Musgrove 3-6st 12lbs Baron Rothschild 25/1
21 COLLINGWOOD Colt Filkins 4-6st 12lbs Mr R H Nevill 50/1
22 THE FLYING DUTCHMAN Colt Blackburn 5-6st 10lbs Lord Glasgow 50/1
23 ANTONIO Bray 3-6st 9lbs Mr F Robinson 50/1
24 LORD OF THE MANOR Challoner 3-6st 7lbs Mr J Merry 20/1
25 CYNTHIA Stevens 3-6st 7lbs Mr T Stevens 50/1
26 THE DANE A Sadler 3-6st 7lbs Captain Christie 50/1
27 PANDORA Pritchard 3-6st 7lbs Mr Payne 100/6
28 PALM LEAF J Adams 3-6st 5lbs Mr A Williams 50/1
29 LADY PEEL Grimshaw 3-6st 4lbs Mr Saxon 14/1
30 MARSEILLAISE Teretta 3-6st 4lbs Lord Strathmore 25/1
31 WOODBURN Custance 3-6st 4lbs Mr R Ten Broeck 50/1
32 INDIFFERENCE Hibberd 3-6st 7lbs Lord Lincoln 50/1
33 BIRDBOLT Madden 3-6st 2lbs Lord Derby 25/1
34 JULIE Mills 3-5st 9lbs Mr Mellish 50/1
This race took place on Tuesday 26th July 1859 and was valued at 300 sovereigns (equivalent to £36,000 in 2021) when there were 71 subscribers. Over round 139%