Following a burglary at a home address in Wormington near Broadway a reward is being offered for information that leads to the successful arrest and conviction of the offender and the recovery the stolen items.

Items totalling an estimated £174,000 were stolen in the burglary, which happened in the early hours of Wednesday July 14, including the 1988 Cheltenham Gold Cup.

The cup is a yellow gold two handled rose bowl on feet with a cut and wave ribbed border. The handles are a cascading leaf design and the cup sits on a green onyx plinth. The cup was won by the horse Charter Party at the 1988 Cheltenham Festival. The cup has an estimated value of £10,500.

Amongst the items stolen were four other racing trophies; The Britannia Stakes Challenge Cup which is valued at £20,000 and the Grand Annual Steeple Chase Challenge Cup which is around 100 years old and worth £25,000. A silver gilt two handled cup and cover trophy made by Tiffany & Co, won by the horse Barton Bank in the 1993 King George VI Triple Print Steeple Chase at Kempton Park, valued at £1750 and the Tote Silver Trophy won by Mister Morose in 1998 which is a silver rose bowl with a pierced floral border on wooden plinth which is worth £1000.

Over thirty other bronze and silver items were stolen in the burglary including; a silver hand pierced oval fruit bowl, a pair of Queen Anne Britannia silver candlesticks on baluster stems and domed circular bases and a George IV punch ladle with gilt bowl, embossed with a floral design.

The victim of the burglary has offered a personal reward of £15,000 for information that leads to a successful arrest and the recovery of these items.

Anyone with any information about the burglary should call Gloucestershire Constabulary on 0845 090 1234 quoting incident number 38 of July 14. You can also give information anonymously by calling Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.