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 WORKINGTON Reds can pocket over £2,000 if the David Barron-trained Hitchens wins the prestigious Stewards Cup at Goodwood on Saturday.
The Borough Park club has been allocated Hitchens in Saturday’s six furlong sprint showpiece on Saturday which will be screened live on Channel Four.
To commemorate Blue Square’s new three year deal to sponsor the league it has created a prize fund for clubs centred around this showpiece race.
Each club in the Blue Square BET Premier, North and South has been allocated a horse in the race.
Whichever horse wins that club will receive a cheque for £2,000 plus an additional amount determined by a £100 bet on that horse. So for example if Reds’ Hitchens wins at its current 25/1 price that would yield another £2,5000 for them.
The random draw took place at the Blue Square offices in London and the horses/clubs are as follows:
HORSE CLUB
Genki Hyde
Laddies Poker Too Chelmsford City
Palace Moon Luton Town
Enact Fleetwood Town
Jonny Mudball AFC Wimbledon
Hawkeyethenoo Grimsby Town
Victoire De Lyphar Gateshead
Striking Spirit Corby Town
Himalya Hayes & Yeading United
Knot In Wood Gainsborough Trinity
Secret Asset Harrogate Town
Noverre To Go Darlington
Rileyskeepingfaith Ebbsfleet United
Ingleby Lady Kettering Town
Five Star Junior Crawley Town
Hitchens Workington
Bagamoyo Barrow
Castles In The Air Boston United
Iver Bridge Lad Vauxhall Motors
Jimmy Styles AFC Telford United
Olynard York City
Deacon Blues Newport County
Sunraider Southport
Mister Hughie Stalybridge Celtic
Hogmaneigh Eastbourne Borough
Evens And Odds Droylsden
Elnawin Wrexham
Hotham Stafford Rangers
Parisian Pyramid Dover Athletic
Prohibit Bromley
Damien Histon
Run For The Hills Bishop`s Stortford
Kellys Eye Mansfield Town
Pastoral Player Guiseley
Singeur Nuneaton Town
Sonny Red Eastwood Town
Poets Place Braintree Town
Medicean Man Basingstoke Town
Irish Heartbeat Weston-super-Mare
Johannes Tamworth
Everymanforhimself Hampton & Richmond
Oldjoesaid Cambridge United
Esoterica Hinckley United
Imperial Guest Ilkeston Town
Edge Closer Staines Town
Prime Exhibit Worcester City
Big Timer Farnborough
Quest For Success Solihull Moors
Redford Boreham Wood
Baldemar Woking
Ancien Regime Dorchester Town
Sea Of Leaves Blyth Spartans
Advanced Havant & Waterlooville
Kaldoun Kingdom Alfreton Town
Abraham Lincoln Thurrock
Sir Gerry Rushden & Diamonds
Lenny Bee Gloucester City
Able Master Welling United
Mac Gille Eoin St Albans City
Tiddliwinks Lewes
Valery Borzov Forest Green Rovers
Global City Bath City
Wildcat Wizard Kidderminster Harriers
Gallagher Eastleigh
Fitz Flyer Altrincham
Captain Ramius Maidenhead United
Aye Aye Digby Redditch United
Osiris Way Dartford
On Thursday, 29th July – the first 28 horses that intend to run (in handicap order) will be declared for the race – meaning 40 clubs will be eliminated at this stage.
The final 28 clubs will receive additional details about their horse on Thursday afternoon.
The Stewards Cup is one of the big betting Handicap races held on the final day of the Glorious Goodwood Festival. It is run over six challenging furlongs and is open to both thoroughbred colts and fillies aged three years or older. The race always attracts a large field of runners.
The race dates back to the 1830’s, but was first run as an independent Stewards Cup in 1840. It carries a very valuable prize and is currently sponsored by Blue Square Bookmakers.
Horses trained by Roger Charlton have usually run well in this race, in fact he has had three recent winners, including Genki, who won the race last year with odds of 14/1.
The race has never been a good one for favourites, indeed only four favourites or joint favourites have won the race in the last 25 years., although the last one to do so was Zidane, trained by James Fanshawe, at 6/1 in 2007.
Reds, meanwhile continue their build-up to the new season tonight when they host Blue Square Premier new boys Darlington at Borough Park with the kick-off brouight forward to 7pm.
Phil McCluckie, Gari Rowntree and Gareth Arnison, who all missed Saturday’s 2-2 draw at Whitley Bay and last Tuesdaty’s 3-2 defeat at Penrith, are expected to play after returning from holiday.
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