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 1933 Handicap 6 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 PHARACRE F Fox Fred Butters 4-7st 4lb Captain A Wills 22/1
2 OLD RILEY F Herbert Rintoul Mr Brueton 10/1
3 SOLENOID Charlie Elliott Poole Mrs Mackean 20/1
4 THE DIVOT R Dick Stedall Major C Blundell 5/1 fav
5 POLAR BEAR B Carslake Charles Peck Mrs J B Joel 20/1
6 FONAB Gordon Richards Fred Darling Mr J A Dewar 25/1
7 UNLIKELY C Ray F Hartigan Baron F de Tuyll 28/1
8 LARGITION Dick Perryman Frank Butters Sir Alfred Butt 10/1
9 MANNERING Joe Childs Peter Gilpin Lt-Colonel Giles Loder 22/1
10 JIM THOMAS A Smirke S Wootton Mr S Wootton 25/1
11 CRUMPETS M Beary Kirk Mr J R Durham Matthews 22/1
12 SPIRITUELLE II F Lane C Leader Mr S J Unzue 28/1
13 GRIDLETON Ken Gethin Cundell Mr J W Sharples 100/6
14 MARY MAC H Packham H Smyth Mr P Schlesinger 20/1
15 ZANOFF S Donoghue J Lawson Mr Z Michalinos 100/7
16 ILION S Wragg Ossie Bell Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen 7/1
17 LA BOCASSINE J Sirett Barrett Marquis de San Miguel 50/1
18 SICKLE MOON Cliff Richards M Hartigan Mr R F Watson 22/1
19 THE LEOPARD F Sharpe Scobie Sir Charles Hyde 33/1
20 EAGLERAY T Barber Vic Hobbs Mr W Webster 20/1
21 GOLDEN PLUM Bill Rickaby C Leader Major T G N Bardwell 50/1
22 RED QUEEN Eph Smith Sneyd Mr G C Sneyd 100/7
23 BALANCE H Fletcher R Jones Mr W J Waldron 50/1
24 DUNDRAVE T Ryan Hackett Mr A Bassett 50/1
25 SHREWTON B Lynch Farquharson Mr W H Yeatman Biggs50/1
26 DISTANCE E Quick G Sadler Mr C Harper 50/1
This race took place on Tuesday 25th July 1933 and was valued at £1000 (equivalent to £130,000 in 2021). Over round 135%