# McCalmont Cup

The McCalmont Cup is a greyhound racing competition held annually at Kilkenny Greyhound Stadium at St. James' Park, Kilkenny, Ireland.
The competition is a feature competition in the Irish racing calendar organised by the Irish Greyhound Board.
The event was won by three times Irish Greyhound Derby champion Spanish Battleship in 1954 & 1955 and the competition was known as the Red Mills Stake & Kilkenny Cup from 1994-2005.

## Venues & distances

* 1947–present (Kilkenny 525y)

## Sponsors

* 1999–2005 (Red Mills)
* 2006–2008 (Kilford Hotel)
* 2009–2012 (Broadway Pet Foods)
* 2013–2013 (Kilford Arms Hotel)
* 2014–2023 (Frightful Flash Kennels)

## Past winners

| Year | Winner | Breeding | Time (sec) | Trainer | SP | Notes/ref |
| 1947 | Lady Maud | Bella's Prince - Peg's Empress | | Michael Cunningham | | Track record |
| 1948 | Moving Sandy | | | | 3/1 | |
| 1949 | 17 Sep |
| 1950 | Kindly Friend | Shaggy Lad - Kindle | 30.30 | T Kennedy | 6/4f | |
| 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 | Champion Prince - Prairie Peg | | | | |
| 1963 | April Twilight | Solar Prince – Foxs Heather | 29.60 | | | |
| 1964 | Good Brandy | Hi There – Donore Mistress | 30.00 | J O'Gorman | | |
| 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 | T Tynan | | |
| 1968 | Limestone | Castle Tontine – Pleasant Sunset | 29.65 | Mrs T Finn | | |
| 1969 | Seafield Mink | Prairie Flash – Seafield Min | 29.60 | | | |
| 1970 | Ballyea Hope | Variety Hope – Ballyrichard Speed | 29.20 | F Buckley | | |
| 1971 | The Grand | Light Tontine – April Twilight | 29.60 | Paddy Dunphy | | |
| 1972 | Grey Light | Money Grand – Pelican Light | 29.60 | L Loughnane | | |
| 1973 | Tain Rua | Yanka Boy – An Tain | 29.75 | Paddy Nolan | | |
| 1974 | Shady Ruffian | Newdown Heather – Fragile Beige | 29.70 | G McKenna | | |
| 1975 | Goodbye John | Own Pride – Santas Rose | 29.70 | Matt O'Donnell | | |
| 1976 | Antone Wonder | Quiet Spring – Mountprim Ka | 29.85 | J Hayes | | |
| 1977 | Jolly Youth | Red Game – Jolly Jet | 29.65 | T Raleigh | | |
| 1978 | Alert Bell | Rail Ship – Advance Miss | 29.35 | Mrs C Flynn | | |
| 1979 | Lax Law | Tain Mor – Lady Rowley | 29.35 | M Lennon | | |
| 1980 | Flying Marble | Sole Aim – LTS Princess | 29.70 | M Collins | | |
| 1981 | Anner Duke | Ballintee Star – Cloneen Blossom | 29.60 | P O’Connor | | |
| 1982 | Azuri | Brave Bran – Under The Stone | 29.60 | M Daly | | |
| 1983 | Tobergal Express W | hitefort Lad – Dillys Silver | 29.28 | J Gahan | | |
| 1984 | Danubio Mink | Minnesota Miller – Daunubio Girl | 29.86 | P Hutton | | |
| 1985 | Ranslee | Limerick Echo – Murlens Deb | 29.76 | J Byrne | | |
| 1986 | Echo King | Limerick Echo – Lough Kent Rose | 29.58 | J O'Leary | | |
| 1987 | Keystone Prince | Keystone Rocket – Hardihostess | 29.58 | L Dwan | | |
| 1988 | Deenside Sandy | Wise Band – Local Nell | 29.26 | S Boran | | |
| 1989 | Lough Sultan | Knockash Rover – Carrowkeal Doll | 29.48 | L Molloy | | |
| 1990 | Tanyas Diamond | Sinbad - Santel | 29.80 | D Ryan | | |
| 1991 | Fast Arrow | Im Slippy – Elf Arrow | 29.59 | Martin Ryan | | |
| 1992 | Karibu Lass | Satharn Beo - Wigston LAdy | 29.44 | Michael Doyle | | |
| 1994 | Up The Junction | Slippy Quest – Elf Arrow | 29.08 | Pat Norris | | |
| 1997 | Funny Boy | Super Mario – Aubrey Rose | 29.51 | Mary Russell | 2/1 | |
| 1998 | Newline Touch | New Level - Yagoodthing | 29.38 | Ger McKenna | | |
| 1999 | Astral Walk | Star Treasure – Walk Siobhan | 29.35 | Paul Hennessy | | |
| 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 | George Smart | 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 | Ace Hi Rumble – Ballymac Sasha | 29.02 | David Flanagan | 6/1 | |
| 2017 | Karlow Crean | Ace Hi Rumble – Karlow Ming | 29.08 | Henry Kelly | 7/2 | |
| 2018 | Ballybough Dad | Ballymac Vic – High St Miley | 29.06 | Martin 'Murt' Leahy | 5/4f | |
| 2019 | Skywalker Rafa | Laughil Blake – Coolavanny Royce | 28.87 | Michael J O'Donovan | 4/7f | |
| 2020 | No race due to (COVID-19 pandemic) | No race due to (COVID-19 pandemic) | No race due to (COVID-19 pandemic) | No race due to (COVID-19 pandemic) | No race due to (COVID-19 pandemic) | No race due to (COVID-19 pandemic) |
| 2021 | Dark Devil | Ballymac Vic – Bull Run Ballad | 28.86 | Martin (Murt) Leahy | No SP | No SP due to COVID-19 |
| 2022 | Zoom | Coolavanny Jap – Droopys Dorothy | 28.90 | Martin (Murt) Leahy | 9/4 | |
| 2023 | Lynchy Boy | Confident Rankin – Boozed Bubble | 29.46 | Paraic Campion | 3/1 | |
| 2024 | Bogger Dusty | Droopys Biker – Mustang Swift | 29.18 | Liam Peacock | 4/1 | |