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. |
| Stewards' Cup 1840 | Handicap | 6 furlongs | ||
| Pos. | Horse | Jockey | Age/weight | Owner |
| 1 | EPIRUS | Bill Scott | 6-9st 7lbs | Mr Bowes 6/1 |
| 2 | MUS | S Rogers | aged-8st 11lbs | Duke of Richmond 8/1 |
| 3 | EUCLID | Pettit | 4-9st 7lbs | Mr Thornhill 33/1 |
| 4 | THE DEY OF ALGIERS | Jem Robinson | 4-9st 3lbs | Colonel Peel 33/1 |
| 5 | THE CORSAIR | John Day | 4-8st 11lbs | Lord Lichfield 33/1 |
| 6 | CAMELINO | W Macdonald | 4-8st 11lbs | Mr Dixon 8/1 |
| 7 | NUBIAN | Noble | 5-8st 6lbs | Mr Sandiland 33/1 |
| 8 | MENDIZABAL | P Conolly | aged-8st 5lbs | Mr Thornhill 20/1 |
| 9 | BOSPHORUS | Sam Darling | 4-8st 3lbs | Lord Exeter 33/1 |
| 10 | PICKWICK | F Butler | aged-8st 0lbs | Mr Goodman 25/1 |
| 11 | IO | S Mann | 4-7st 7lbs | Captain Gardnor 33/1 |
| 12 | BARABBAS | E Pavis | 4-7st 3lbs | Mr Byng 33/1 |
| 13 | WILLESDEN | Nat Flatman | aged-7st 1lb | Mr Payne 33/1 |
| 14 | BLACK BECK | Francis | 3-6st 12lbs | Mr Bowes 20/1 |
| 15 | NICHOLAS | Sheepway | 3-6st 10lbs | Colonel Anson 33/1 |
| 16 | MULEY colt | Bell | 3-6st 10lbs | Mr Forth 33/1 |
| 17 | GARRY OWEN | Arthur Pavis | 3-6st 10lbs | Mr Byng 3/1 fav |
| 18 | INTERLUDE | West | 3-6st 5lbs | Lord Eglinton 8/1 |
| 19 | PRIAM Filly | George Edwards junior | 3-6st 3lbs | Lord Chesterfield 12/1 |
| 20 | VERITY | Gosling | 3-6st 3lbs | Mr Foster 33/1 |
| 21 | SAL VOLATILE | John Day | 3-5st 0lbs | Lord George Bentinck 7/1 |
| 22 | HELLESPONT | Nunn | 3-6st 7lbs | Lord Exeter 33/1 |
| 23 | AUGUSTUS Filly | Stagg | 3-5st 7lbs | Duke of Bedford 6/1 |
| This race, the first to be known as the Stewards' Cup, took place on Friday 31st July 1840 with 45 subscribers, was valued at 300 sovereigns (Equivalent to £43,000 in 2021) and presented by Lord Eglinton and Colonel Peel. | Over round 156% | |||
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