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 1959 Handicap 6 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 TUDOR MONARCH Geoff Lewis Nightingall 4-7st 1lb Sir Winston Churchill 25/1
2 DEER LEAP Manny Mercer Oxley Sir F Robinson 22/1
3 ST ELMO D Greening Budgett Mrs W Fernie 100/8
4 SYRINX K Limscha Goodwill Mr H Nutt 33/1
5 SHORT SENTENCE Eph Smith Murless HM The Queen 6/1 jt fav
6 FIRESTREAK Lester Piggott Nelson Mr J Lewis 6/1 jt fav
7 MARCH ALONE Doug Smith Les Hall Mr H Wilks 15/2
8 THE GOLDEN AGE Scobie Breasley H Ryan Price Captain H Ryan Price 8/1
9 NERO'S SAGA Millbanks F Cundell Major G Glover 100/9
10 ACCOMPANIST D W Morris Maxwell Mrs A Palmer 100/7
11 LOGARITHM Brian Jago Budgett Mr J Hobhouse 100/6
12 INK SPOT Limb O'Gorman Mr J Gerber 18/1
13 PACIFICO Jimmy Lindley J C Waugh Mr G Vandervell 20/1
14 LIGHT OF THE ROAD Lappin Blackshaw Mr T Boothby 20/1
15 WELSH RAKE F Barlow Jack Jarvis Lord Milford 20/1
16 GOLDEN THREAD Briscoe Bill Wightman Brigadier H Harris 22/1
17 IBROX J Lynch Boyd-Rochfort HM The Queen 25/1
18 NEW WORLD G Bougoure G Balding Mr R Shaw 33/1
19 GOLDEN LIGHT Willie Snaith Peter Walwyn Mrs P Williams 33/1
20 BRAW DEAL Padmore Hanley Mr S Hanley 33/1
21 CO-PATCH K Haddon L Dale Mrs P Phillips 33/1
This race took place on Tuesday 28th July 1959 and was valued at £2743 (equivalent to £69,000 in 2021). Over round 132%