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 1848 Handicap 6 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Age/weight Owner
1 THE ADMIRAL J Sharpe 4-7st 3lbs Mr Lowther 10/1
2 LANDRAIL Collins 3-5st 10lbs Mr Gratwicke 25/1
3 THE PRIOR OF ST MARGARET'S F Butler 5-8st 8lbs Mr Nunn 25/1
4 TRAVERSER Robinson 5-9st 3lbs Mr Fox 50/1
5 CAUROUCHE Miller 5-8st 10lbs Mr Creagh 12/1
6 CHRISTOPHER J Holmes 4-8st 7lbs Mr Drinkald 50/1
7 RADULPHUS Sly 5-8st 5lbs Mr S Herbert 50/1
8 CLEMENTINA Nat Flatman 4-8st 5lbs Mr Payne 12/1
9 FORECLOSURE Sim Templeman 4-8st 4lbs Mr Pedley 10/1
10 BURLESQUE S Mann 5-8st 2lbs Sir George Heathcote 10/1
11 PATRIOT Simpson aged-8st 2lbs Mr Daley 20/1
12 PILOT Wakefield 6-7st 12lbs Mr Merry 50/1
13 QUEEN MARY Kitchener 4-7st 8lbs Mr Gordon 50/1
14 SULTANA A Day 4-7st 3lbs Lord Strathmore 50/1
15 VOLLEY Esling 3-7st 3lbs Mr Drewitt 50/1
16 CARISSIMA Pettit 6-7st 3lbs Lord Exeter 8/1 fav
17 FUGLEMAN Wakefield junior 3-7st 3lbs Mr George Osbaldeston 14/1
18 MAID OF LYME J Simpson 5-7st 3lbs Mr J Clark 16/1
19 CORSICAN Charlton 3-7st 2lbs Colonel Anson 50/1
20 ELIMEA Donaldson 5-7st 0lbs Mr Payne 12/1
21 EOTHEN Pearl 4-7st 0lbs Duke of Bedford 10/1
22 LISTON J Prince 3-7st 0lbs Sir Joseph Hawley 12/1
23 GOOD BOY Rodney 3-6st 12lbs Mr Drinkald 50/1
24 GRIST Hornsby junior 3-6st 12lbs Mr A Bartley 50/1
25 SLUG W Thick 3-6st 10lbs Mr Cooper 50/1
26 ACANTHIS G Sharp 3-5st 12lbs Mr W Etwall 50/1
27 FRANSISCAN George Dockeray 3-5st 5lbs Colonel Peel 16/1
28 HASTEAWAY J Mann 3-5st 4lbs Captain Delme 50/1
This race took place on Wednesday 26th July 1848 and was valued at 300 sovereigns (equivalent to £32,000 in 2021) when there were 45 subscribers. Over round 139%