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 1861 | Handicap | 6 furlongs | ||
| Pos. | Horse | Jockey | Age/weight | Owner |
| 1 | CROAGH PATRICK | H Taylor | 3-5st 9lbs | Mr Murphy 7/1 jt fav |
| 2 | MAN AT ARMS | Perry | 4-7st 13lbs | Mr Sutton 33/1 |
| 3 | KNIGHT OF ST PATRICK | Cram | 3-7st 10lbs | Lord Exeter 50/1 |
| 4 | THUNDERBOLT | E Sharp | 4-9st 13lbs | Mr C Alexander 1000/15 |
| 5 | COSMOPOLITE | S Rogers | 6-9st 6lbs | Baron Niviere 200/1 |
| 6 | CRATER | F Adams | 4-9st 2lbs | Mr J Sargent 33/1 |
| 7 | UMPIRE | George Fordham | 4-8st 10lbs | Mr R Ten Broeck 20/1 |
| 8 | GENERAL HESS | J Mann | 4-8st 8lbs | Lord Uxbridge 200/1 |
| 9 | STAMPEDO | John Osborne | 4-8st 7lbs | Sir William Booth 200/1 |
| 10 | SIR WILLIAM | Custance | 4-8st 4lbs | Mr J Merry 33/1 |
| 11 | LORD OF THE MANOR | L Snowden | 5-8st 1lbs | Mr Bruce 33/1 |
| 12 | SPICEBOX | Challoner | 4-8st 0lbs | Captain Christie 200/1 |
| 13 | RISING SUN | Carter | 4-8st 0lbs | Sir Joseph Hawley 33/1 |
| 14 | CURLEW | A Edwards | 4-7st 13lbs | Mr Thornton 200/1 |
| 15 | NUTBUSH | Gardner | 3-7st 13lbs | Mr Hawkesley 200/1 |
| 16 | TIARA | Cresswell | 6-7st 13lbs | Mr W Gulliver 200/1 |
| 17 | SHERBORNE | Bullock | 4-7st 11lbs | Mr J Clark 30/1 |
| 18 | WATERWITCH | Clement | 3-7st 10lbs | Mr G Bryan 200/1 |
| 19 | NEMESIS | Norman | 3-7st 10lbs | Mr Fleming 200/1 |
| 20 | RIPON | J Snowden | 4-7st 8lbs | Mr Cartwright 50/1 |
| 21 | NARCISSUS | Entwiistle | 4-7st 8lbs | Mr G Simpson 200/1 |
| 22 | ATHERSTONE | Drew | 3-7st 7lbs | Mr Penton 200/1 |
| 23 | HENHAM LASS | Page | 3-7st 5lbs | Mr Bevill 33/1 |
| 24 | MAINSTONE | Hayward | 4-7st 3lbs | Lord Palmerston 16/1 |
| 25 | HORACE | Madden | 4-7st 1lbs | Mr Hargreaves 50/1 |
| 26 | RESTES | Charlton | 4-7st 0lbs | Baron Rothschild 16/1 |
| 27 | VERGISS-MEIN-NICHT | Doyle | 3-7st 0lbs | Mr Henry 20/1 |
| 28 | SOUTHPORT | Cooper | 3-7st 0lbs | Captain D Lane 200/1 |
| 29 | SPORTING LIFE | J Covey | 3-7st 0lbs | Lord Strathmore 200/1 |
| 30 | BILLY DWINDLES | W Bottom | 3-6st 13lbs | Mr Alfred 25/1 |
| 31 | ROSALIND | H Covey | 4-6st 10lbs | Captain D Lane 200/1 |
| 32 | LONGSHOT | Buck | 3-6st 10lbs | Mr Jackson 100/1 |
| 33 | LAVA | Roper | 3-6st 5lbs | Lord Stamford 50/1 |
| 34 | RUFUS | W Johnson | 3-6st 7lbs | Mr Morris 200/1 |
| 35 | SKELETON | J Daley | 4-6st 6lbs | Mr Thomas 100/1 |
| 36 | LA VAPEUR | H Grimshaw | 3-6st 6lbs | Baron Niviere 8/1 |
| 37 | CANTAB | Reeves | 3-6st 4lbs | Mr William Day 100/6 |
| 38 | SERMO | Woodhouse | 4-6st 3lbs | Mr Spencer 40/1 |
| 39 | CAMPERDOWN | J Phillips | 3-6st 3lbs | Mr Greville 40/1 |
| 40 | SNAPSHOT | T French | 3-6st 3lbs | Sir H Des Vieux 100/6 |
| 41 | NEWMINSTER Colt | Dowling | 3-5st 12lbs | Mr Quartermaine 200/1 |
| 42 | NATIVITY | Midgley | 3-5st 12lbs | Lord A Lennox 7/1 jt fav |
| 43 | CHRIEMHILDE | Wheatley | 3-5st 10lbs | Mr W Hope 40/1 |
| 44 | CARBINE | Whiteley | 3-5st 7lbs | Mr Harlock 100/6 |
| This race took place on Tuesday 30th July 1861 and was valued at 300 sovereigns (equivalent to £36,000 in 2021) when there were 94 subscribers. | Over round 127% | |||