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 1957 Handicap 6 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 ARCANDY T Gosling Beeby 4-8st 9lb Mrs M Linde 100/7
2 SARGENT Edward Hide Gordon Richards Miss Dorothy Paget 11/2 fav
3 PERSUADER Paul Tulk Cottrill Major Lionel Holliday 20/1
4 MILESIAN L Ward M Dawson (Ire) Mrs Ann Biddle 100/8
5 ROMAN VALE Alec Russell Fawcus Mr A Moralee 100/7
6 WESTMARSH P Robinson Ingham Mr Staff Ingham 9/1
7 BIGIBIGI Scobie Breasley W Smyth Miss G Lawson 10/1
8 DRUM BEAT Gifford Fred Armstrong Mr J Gerber 10/1
9 ABERDOVEY Doug Smith Bill Wightman Miss F Prior 100/8
10 MANSBRIDGE Lester Piggott Noel Murless Colonel B Hornung 100/7
11 CAMILLE Bentley Jack Jarvis Lord Rosebery 100/7
12 ANXIOUS LADY Lynch L Hall Mr C Knott 100/6
13 MARTIAL AIR Eph Smith Jeremy Tree Mr Jeremy Tree 20/1
14 LIBATOR Greville Starkey P Vasey Mr Guise 33/1
15 TUDOR GRAND D Greening Walter Nightingall Mr P Winstone 33/1
16 GAY RECEIVER Brian Jago Hanley Mrs A McCann 33/1
This race took place on Tuesday 30th July 1957 and was valued at £2556 (equivalent to £67,000 in 2021). Over round 112%