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 1923 Handicap 6 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Age/weight Owner
1 EPINARD E Haynes 3-8st 6lbs (Leigh) Mr P Wertheimer 7/2 fav
2 JARVIE Charlie Smirke 3-7st 6lbs Mr Cohen 10/1
3 HUNTING SONG G Walsh 4-7st 3lbs Mr H Miller 100/6
4 THE NIGHT PATROL T Weston 5-9st 0lbs Lord Wolverton 100/7
5 PRECIOUS H Gray 5-8st 8lbs Lady Cunliffe-Owen 10/1
6 LINBY Archibald 4-8st 3lbs Mr J F Montagu 100/8
7 HAMLET S Donoghue 5-7st 12lbs Mr J B Joel 100/6
8 FRIARS MELODY Spear 3-7st 4lbs Mr Field 100/8
9 METEORIC Feltham 3-7st 4lbs Mr T McGuffie 33/1
10 SILVER GRASS R Jones 3-7st 4lbs Colonel Story 10/1
11 MILLE BELLE T Morgan 5-7st 0lbs Mr Kenyon 33/1
12 RUYSDAEL Staff Ingham 5-6st 12lbs Jam Sahib of Nawanagar 100/8
13 SCHOOLGATE A Haynes 3-6st 2lbs Mr W H Dixon 33/1
14 YOUNG HEROINE H Leach 3-6st 0lbs Mr Stanley 33/1
This race took place on Tuesday 31st July 1923 and was valued at £1000 (equivalent to £130,000 in 2021). Over round 104%