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 1870 Handicap 6 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Age/weight Owner
1 TYPHOEUS Morris John Dawson 5-8st 10lbs Count Batthyany 25/1
2 TABERNACLE Kenyon 3-7st 10lbs Mr J C Stuart 100/8
3 PLAUDIT J Snowden 6-8st 8lbs Mr W Vaughan 20/1
4 CYMBAL Butler 3-7st 10lbs Mr J J Ellis 50/1
5 PRETENDER John Osborne 4-9st 4lbs Mr John Johnstone 50/1
6 TIBTHORPE T French 6-9st 2lbs Prince Soltykoff 5/1 jt fav
7 CERDAGNE Carrot 4-8st 13lbs Mr M Delatre 15/1
8 LADAS J Grimshaw 4-8st 10lbs Lord Rosebery 50/1
9 VAGABOND J Adams 4-8st 8lbs Sir C Rushout 50/1
10 MORNS Cannon 4-8st 7lbs Sir Joseph Hawley 50/1
11 HEATHER BELL T Chaloner 4-8st 4lbs Mr W S Crawfurd 100/15
12 VEX Parry 5-8st 2lbs Sir F Johnstone 50/1
13 FUGITIVE Hunt 4-8st 4lbs Mr York 5/1 jt fav
14 HAWTHORNDEN Huxtable 3-7st 11lbs Mr T V Morgan 50/1
15 BADSWORTH Maidment 4-7st 12lbs Prince Soltykoff 20/1
16 BARFORD Gradwell 3-7st 6lbs Mr W Bevill 50/1
17 CALYPSO Deacon 3-7st 5lbs Mr J B Morris 50/1
18 POMPEIL Mordan 4-7st 3lbs Lord Stamford 33/1
19 COUNTRYMAN Jeffrey 3-7st 2lbs Mr Henry Chaplin 7/1
20 BLANDFORD Crutcher 3-7st 0lbs Mr T Hughes 50/1
21 KNUTSFORD Holland 3-6st 13lbs Mr G Williams 33/1
22 OLD SAM Walling 3-6st 10lbs Mr B Cleve 33/1
23 TALAVERA Gatehouse 3-6st 10lbs Mr H Goater 50/1
24 ST GEORGE Fox 3-6st 9lbs Lord Wilton 25/1
25 MORPHIA W Gray 3-6st 9lbs Mr T Dawson 20/1
26 DUBOIS F Webb 3-6st 7lbs Lord Charlemont 50/1
27 VANDENHOFF Wilson 3-6st 8lbs Mr G Hodgman 50/1
28 MOORLANDS Jewitt 3-6st 7lbs Mr W Bevill 100/6
This race took place on Tuesday 26th July 1870 and was valued at 300 sovereigns (equivalent to £36,000 in 2021) when there were 70 subscribers. Over round 136%