McCalmont Cup

The McCalmont Cup is a greyhound racing competition held annually at Kilkenny Greyhound Stadium at St. James' Park, Kilkenny, Ireland. ^[1]

The competition is a feature competition in the Irish racing calendar organised by the Irish Greyhound Board. ^[2]

The event was won by three times Irish Greyhound Derby champion Spanish Battleship in 1954 & 1955 ^[3] and the competition was known as the Red Mills Stake & Kilkenny Cup from 1994-2005.

Past winners

Year	Winner	Breeding	Time	Trainer	SP
1947	Lady Maud	Bella's Prince - Peg's Empress			Track record
1951	The Grand Champion	Mad Tanist - Could Be Worse		Paddy Dunphy
1954	Spanish Battleship	Spanish Chestnut - Ballyseedy Memory		Tom Lynch
1955	Spanish Battleship	Spanish Chestnut - Ballyseedy Memory		Tom Lynch
1957	Prairie Champion (Pigalle Wonder)	Champion Prince - Prairie Peg
1963	April Twilight	Solar Prince – Foxs Heather	29.60
1964	Good Brandy	Hi There – Donore Mistress	30.00
1965	Come on Baunie	Prairie Flash – Cracked Kate	30.20
1966	Brandon Jungle	Jungle Man – Brandons Pride	30.30
1967	Hack Em Jo Jo	Hack Up Jo Jo – Hack Up Millie	30.40
1968	Limestone	Castle Tontine – Pleasant Sunset	29.65
1969	Seafield Mink	Prairie Flash – Seafield Min	29.60
1970	Ballyea Hope	Variety Hope – Ballyrichard Speed	29.20
1971	The Grand	Light Tontine – April Twilight	29.60
1972	Grey Light	Money Grand – Pelican Light	29.60
1973	Tain Rua	Yanka Boy – An Tain	29.75
1974	Shady Ruffian	Newdown Heather – Fragile Beige	29.70
1975	Goodbye John	Own Pride – Santas Rose	29.70
1976	Antone Wonder	Quiet Spring – Mountprim Ka	29.85
1977	Jolly Youth	Red Game – Jolly Jet	29.65
1978	Alert Bell	Rail Ship – Advance Miss	29.35
1979	Lax Law	Tain Mor – Lady Rowley	29.35
1980	Flying Marble	Sole Aim – LTS Princess	29.70
1981	Anner Duke	Ballintee Star – Cloneen Blossom	29.60
1982	Azuri	Brave Bran – Under The Stone	29.60
1983	Tobergal Express W	hitefort Lad – Dillys Silver	29.28
1984	Danubio Mink	Minnesota Miller – Daunubio Girl	29.86
1985	Ranslee	Limerick Echo – Murlens Deb	29.76
1986	Echo King	Limerick Echo – Lough Kent Rose	29.58
1987	Keystone Prince	Keystone Rocket – Hardihostess	29.58
1988	Deenside Sandy	Wise Band – Local Nell	29.26
1989	Lough Sultan	Knockash Rover – Carrowkeal Doll	29.48
1990	Tanyas Diamond	Sinbad - Santel	29.80
1991	Fast Arrow	Im Slippy – Elf Arrow	29.59
1994	Up The Junction	Slippy Quest – Elf Arrow	29.08
1997	Funny Boy	Super Mario – Aubrey Rose	29.51
1998	Newline Touch	New Level - Yagoodthing	29.38
1999	Astral Walk	Star Treasure – Walk Siobhan	29.35
2000	Airmount Petit	Mountleader Peer – Airmount Grand	29.11	Gerald Kiely	4-6f
2001	Deenside Chip	Top Honcho – Deenside Jenny	29.17	Nicola Boran	9-4
2002	Black Cat Jim	Mustang Jack – Blackcat Colleen	29.19	Eleanor Cleere	7-4f
2003	Haven House	Top Honcho - Pinnacle	29.47		3-1
2005	Elteen Nell	Honcho Classic – Ballinclare Lark	29.12	Mary Brennan	2-1f
2006	Crossleigh Pilot	Borna Pilot – Crossleigh Lark	28.95	Madeleine O’Brien	11-10f
2007	Benjo	Fortune Mike – Winner Born	29.38	Joe Rafferty	7-2
2008	Ballygur Mike	Droopys Agassi – Big Picture	29.60	Michael Kelly	5-2
2010	Running Smart	Daves Mentor – Tari Side	29.49	Joe Anglim	6-1
2011	Jumeirah Joe	Brett Lee – Droopys Just Hot	29.29	Rynal Ruane	11-2
2012	Shaneboy Spencer	Droopys Scolari – Shaneboy Maria	29.01	Colette Kiely	5-2
2013	Boherna Rumble	Ace Hi Rumble – Hondo On Air	28.89	Pat Buckley	4-1
2014	Droopys Der	Ace Hi Rumble – Droopys Twirl	29.14	John Linehan	9-4
2015	Kilara Hey Mac	Ullid Conor – Kilara Gypsy	28.79	Paul Hennessy	5-4f
2016	Doctor Zhivago [4]	Ace Hi Rumble – Ballymac Sasha	29.02	David Flanagan	6-1

Venues & Distances

• 1947-present (Kilkenny 525y)

References

1. Genders, Roy (1981). The Encyclopedia of Greyhound Racing, page 296. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN 07207-1106-1.
2. "Irish Greyhound Board Has published the classic and feature events calendar for 2016.". Irish Greyhound Board.
3. Barnes, Julia (1988). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File, page 333. Ringpress Books. ISBN 0-948955-15-5.
4. "2016 Result". Irish Greyhound Board.