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 1899 | Handicap | 6 furlongs | ||
| Pos. | Horse | Jockey | Age/weight | Owner |
| 1 | NORTHERN FARMER | F Finlay | 5-7st 6lbs (Batho) | Mr Horation Bottomley 20/1 |
| 2 | NUN NICER | S Loates | 4-8st 0lbs | Sir J Blundell Maple 8/1 |
| 3 | MAZEPPA | S A Heapy | 3-6st 11lbs | Mr C A Mills 100/15 |
| 4 | EAGER | M Cannon | 5-10st 2lbs | Mr Fairie 10/1 |
| 5 | FOSCO | T Loates | 6-9st 0lbs | Mr Leopold de Rothschild 100/6 |
| 6 | DIEUDONNE | Otto Madden | 4-8st 7lbs | Duke of Devonshire 9/2 fav |
| 7 | GOLD MEDALLIST | K Cannon | 5-8st 4lbs | Mr E Cohen 100/1 |
| 8 | AMERICUS | Lester Reiff | aged-8st 2lbs | Mr R Croker 33/1 |
| 9 | THE BAKER | F Allsopp | 4-7st 8lbs | Sir J Kelk 10/1 |
| 10 | TENDER AND TRUE | H Chapman | 6-7st 7lbs | Captain Forester 25/1 |
| 11 | THE WYVERN | G Sanderson | 4-7st 6lbs | Mr J B Leigh 33/1 |
| 12 | VARA | Herbert Jones | 3-7st 4lbs | Duke of Devonshire 20/1 |
| 13 | LITTLE EVA | H Luke | 4-7st 3lbs | Mr M Rivers 100/14 |
| 14 | LEISURE HOUR | R Huxtable | 4-7st 0lbs | Prince Soltykoff 33/1 |
| 15 | MYAKKA | J H Martin | 3-7st 3lbs | Lord W Beresford 100/7 |
| 16 | ZANETTO | A R Wetherall | 3-6st 7lbs | Mr C D Rose 33/1 |
| 17 | BRIDGE | R Smart | 3-6st 6lbs | Mr J A Miller 50/1 |
| 18 | CLAREHAVEN | J Doyle junior | 3-6st 5lbs | Mr D Seymour 25/1 |
| 19 | MASTER WILLIE | W Madden | 3-6st 3lbs | Mr F Stokes 33/1 |
| This race took place on Tuesday 25th July 1899 and was valued at 617 sovereigns (equivalent to £85,000 in 2021). There were 68 subs. | Over round 125% | |||