| Surface: | Sand |
| Class: | Feature |
| Horse Race: | Con & Annie Kirby Memorial Stakes |
| Location: | Limerick Greyhound Stadium |
| Inaugurated: | 2013 |
| Distance: | 525 yards |
| Qualification: | Juveniles only (26 months old and younger) |
| Purse: | €80,000 (winner) |
The Con & Annie Kirby Memorial Stakes is a greyhound racing competition held annually at Limerick Greyhound Stadium at Greenpark, Dock Road, Limerick, Ireland.
The competition quickly established itself as one of the leading feature events in the Irish racing calendar due to the significant prize money on offer.[1]
It boasted a record €80,000 to the winner in 2014 making the competition one of the biggest prizes in greyhound racing and the richest juvenile race in the world.[2] It was sponsored by J. P. McManus & Noreen McManus, and named in honour of Noreen McManus's parents, who had close ties with the old Limerick Markets Field Greyhound Stadium.
A series of trial stakes are run at different locations in preparation for the competition.[3]
| width=50 | Year | width=200 | Winner | width=300 | Breeding | width=80 | Time | width=150 | Trainer | width=50 | SP | width=200 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roxholme Bully [4] | Shaneboy Lee – Roxholme Sue | 28.65 | Owen McKenna | 11-8f | |||||||||
| 2014 | Boylesports Hero [5] | Top Savings – Cabra Midget | 28.31 | Brendan Matthews | 5-4f | ||||||||
| Cable Bay [6] | Foleys Folly – Toms Delight | 28.11 | Brendan Matthews | 6-1 | |||||||||
| Droopys Roddick [7] | Droopys Jet - Droopys Start | 28.09 | Pat Buckley | 7-2 | |||||||||
| Bentekes Bocko [8] | Tullymurry Act - Tullig Paula | 28.39 | Pat Buckley | 2-1f | |||||||||
| Droopys Davy [9] | Droopys Nidge - Droopys Loner | 28.10 | Pat Buckley | 4-5f | |||||||||
| 2019 | Toolmaker Josie [10] | Pat C Sabbath – Lemon Bolt | 28.37 | Robert Gleeson | 6/1 | ||||||||
| 2020 | No race due to (COVID-19 pandemic) | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | Stonepark Leo[11] | Ballymac Best – Adamant Gem | 28.38 | Mark O'Donovan | No SP | No SP due to COVID-19 | |||||||
| 2022 | Swords Rex[12] | Droopys Sydney – Starry Display | 28.27 | Graham Holland | 9/4f | ||||||||
| 2023 | Clonbrien Treaty[13] | Pestana – Clonbrien Millie | 28.05 | Graham Holland | 5/2 | ||||||||
| 2024 | Knockeen Dazzler[14] | Laughil Blake – Love Island | 28.10 | Daniel O'Rahilly | 5/2 | ||||||||