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 1926 Handicap 6 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 PERHAPS SO McLachlan Cecil Boyd-Rochfort 5-8st 1lb Dowager Lady Nunburnholme 100/6
2 EDWINA B Lynch C Leader Lt-Colonel Birkin 50/1
3 PURPLE SHADE H Beasley Atty Persse Mrs Bancroft 100/7
4 ETHNARCH E C Elliott Jack Jarvis Sir G Bullough 13/2 fav
5 HARPIST Fred Winter Leader Colonel A Jenkins 50/1
6 MOTI MAHAL Charlie Smirke R Dawson HH Aga Khan 20/1
7 PILLION Dick Perryman Watson Mr A de Rothschild 40/1
8 L'HABIT VERT D L Jones C Davis Mr Spence 50/1
9 PRIORY PARK Henri Jelliss Charles Peck Mr J Joel 20/1
10 SUNSTONE F Dempsey Reg Day Sir Abe Bailey 20/1
11 FRIAR WILE J Marshall Fred Darling Lord Woolavington 20/1
12 DALMAGARRY F Fox P Hartigan Mr Thompson 100/8
13 NOTHING VENTURE J Leach F Leach Mr J B Jardine 100/8
14 HELTER SKELTER T Weston G Lambton Lord Derby 33/1
15 FAIRY ELF Haynes Toon Mr F Finn 50/1
16 MARINE PARADE G Walsh F Archer Lord Glanely 100/6
17 DODDER W Alford Walter Earl Mr S Joel 25/1
18 SWEET ROCKET D Morris S Pickering Lord Londonderry 25/1
19 JOHN DENIS A Burns Whitaker Mr H Steel 50/1
20 QUICK STICK N Carroll S Wootton Mrs T Carthew 50/1
21 DEFIANCE J Dines S Pickering Mrs S Pickering 33/1
22 RATH DUTH W Turtle Vic Smyth Mr J Settle 33/1
23 BALDERSTON J Caldwell Wootton Lieut-Col Carthew 100/6
24 SEA KALE C Richards Hogg Mr E Clark 50/1
25 ICEBERG P Donoghue Renwick Colonel Fairfax 50/1
26 DONNINA W Freeman George Lambton Lord D'Abernon 50/1
27 ORBINDOS G Barbour Gwilt Mr B Coulson 50/1
28 EUCHARIS F Webb A J Day Mr A J Day 50/1
29 PHEIDON A Berry Farquharson Sir D Broughton 50/1
This race took place on Tuesday 27th July 1926 and was valued at £1000 (equivalent to £130,000 in 2021). Over round 118%