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 1968 Handicap 6 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 SKY DIVER Sturrock Payne-Gallwey 5-7st 11lbs Mr J Fare 100/6
2 SPANIARDS INN R Dicey J Winter Mr B Schmidt-Bodner 100/9
3 GOLD POLLEN Murtagh Ryan Jarvis Mr W Gaskin 100/9
4 CEASE FIRE Des Cullen H Leader Lord Willoughby de Broke 100/8
5 PORTO BELLO Geoff Lewis Ingham Dr D Forment 5/1 fav
6 MORE MONEY D W Morris Les Hall Mr J Couzens 100/9
7 CLOSE CALL Scobie Breasley Corbett Mr M Bonsor 100/8
8 DRABANT Ray Still O'Gorman Mr D L January 100/7
9 WELSHMAN Lester Piggott F Cundell Mr H Dare 100/7
10 PERSIAN WHISTLE Ray Reader Ron Smyth Mr W R Gibson 100/6
11 CLOUD TEN Ernie Johnson John Sutcliffe jnr Mrs S Bates 100/6
12 KOALA David East Dunlop Beverley A Bogert 100/6
13 PETITE PATH John Higgins R Mason Mrs R E Mason 20/1
14 SOVEREIGN SERVICE David Maitland W Payne Mrs Anne Hawkins 22/1
15 LAST SHOE T Carter Brian Swift Mr A Leader 25/1
16 THE VISCOUNT Willie Carson Whelan Mt T McCairns 28/1
17 AMAZON Clarkson Hanley Mr A J Richards 33/1
18 DERREEN Greening Dalton Mr J Billings 33/1
This race took place on Tuesday 30th July 1968 and was valued at £3537 (equivalent to £82,000 in 2021). Over round 120%