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 1914 Handicap 6 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Age/weight Owner
D-H GOLDEN SUN W Huxley 4-8st 12lbs (D Waugh) Mr J B Joel 10/1
D-H LORD ANNANDALE S Donoghue 4-7st 9lbs Mr W Raphael 100/9
3 CASTELLAN J Prout 4-7st 5lbs Mr W F Stratton 9/1 fav
4 FANCY NURSE Dave Dick 5-6st 2lbs Mr H K Brushwood 50/1
5 VOLDY W Collis 3-6st 1lbs Mr L Booth 20/1
6 WISE SYMON R Stokes 5-7st 6lbs Mr J Buchanan 25/1
7 GREAT SURPRISE J Clark 6-9st 0lbs Mr H Rhodes 33/1
8 RADIANT F Fox 4-7st 12lbs Mr J B Joel 20/1
9 JAMESON N Spear 4-7st 12lbs Sir J Willoughby 10/1
10 JARNAC II H Jones 5-8st 6lbs Mr Horatio Bottomley 100/8
11 BETTER STILL E Gardner 6-6st 10lbs Mr E Shaw 40/1
12 NEVILLE HOLT R Cooper 4-7st 5lbs Mr P Broome 25/1
13 ROSEVILLE F Saunders 3-6st 11lbs Mr J F Hallick 33/1
14 CIGAR H Randall 6-8st 8lbs Mr P F Heybourn 25/1
15 QUIXTUS Morny Wing 3-7st 0lbs Mr H J Goodson 33/1
16 MERCUTIO J Thwaites aged-8st 7lb Mr C Hibbert 100/6
17 PREVOYANT G Hobbs 5-7st 12lbs Mr J Ivall 40/1
18 CUTHBERT H Robbins 5-7st 10lbs Mr M Singer 50/1
19 POOR BOY Wal Griggs aged-7st 12lb Mr S B Joel 25/1
20 BY GEORGE E Piper 3-7st 9lbs Captain F Forester 10/1
21 SILLER J Moylan 3-7st 5lbs Mr E Hulton 50/1
22 LONELY LADY K Robertson 3-6st 8lbs Mr H Edwards 40/1
23 QUANTOCK F Scourse 5-8st 0lbs Mr W J Tatem 25/1
This race took place on Tuesday 28th July 1914 and was valued at 607 sovereigns (equivalent to £85,000 in 2021). It resulted in a dead-heat and they decided to share the prize. Over round 112%