| Surface: | Sand |
| Class: | Feature |
| Horse Race: | McCalmont Cup |
| Location: | Kilkenny Greyhound Stadium |
| Inaugurated: | 1947 |
| Sponsor: | Frightful Flash Kennels |
| Distance: | 525 yards |
| Purse: | €7,000 (winner) |
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.
| width=50 | Year | width=180 | Winner | width=300 | Breeding | width=80 | Time | width=150 | Trainer | width=50 | SP | width=200 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Maud[4] | Bella's Prince - Peg's Empress | Michael Cunningham | Track record | ||||||||||
| Kindly Friend[5] | Shaggy Lad - Kindle | 30.30 | T Kennedy | 6-4f | |||||||||
| The Grand Champion [6] | Mad Tanist - Could Be Worse | Paddy Dunphy | |||||||||||
| Spanish Battleship | Spanish Chestnut - Ballyseedy Memory | Tom Lynch | |||||||||||
| Spanish Battleship[7] | Spanish Chestnut - Ballyseedy Memory | Tom Lynch | |||||||||||
| Champion Prince - Prairie Peg | |||||||||||||
| April Twilight | Solar Prince – Foxs Heather | 29.60 | |||||||||||
| Good Brandy | Hi There – Donore Mistress | 30.00 | J O'Gorman | ||||||||||
| Come on Baunie | Prairie Flash – Cracked Kate | 30.20 | |||||||||||
| Brandon Jungle | Jungle Man – Brandons Pride | 30.30 | |||||||||||
| Hack Em Jo Jo | Hack Up Jo Jo – Hack Up Millie | 30.40 | T Tynan | ||||||||||
| Limestone | Castle Tontine – Pleasant Sunset | 29.65 | Mrs T Finn | ||||||||||
| Seafield Mink | Prairie Flash – Seafield Min | 29.60 | |||||||||||
| 1970 | Ballyea Hope | Variety Hope – Ballyrichard Speed | 29.20 | F Buckley | |||||||||
| The Grand | Light Tontine – April Twilight | 29.60 | Paddy Dunphy | ||||||||||
| Grey Light | Money Grand – Pelican Light | 29.60 | L Loughnane | ||||||||||
| Tain Rua[8] | Yanka Boy – An Tain | 29.75 | Paddy Nolan | ||||||||||
| Shady Ruffian | Newdown Heather – Fragile Beige | 29.70 | G McKenna | ||||||||||
| Goodbye John | Own Pride – Santas Rose | 29.70 | |||||||||||
| Antone Wonder | Quiet Spring – Mountprim Ka | 29.85 | J Hayes | ||||||||||
| Jolly Youth | Red Game – Jolly Jet | 29.65 | T Raleigh | ||||||||||
| 1978 | Alert Bell | Rail Ship – Advance Miss | 29.35 | Mrs C Flynn | |||||||||
| Lax Law | Tain Mor – Lady Rowley | 29.35 | M Lennon | ||||||||||
| Flying Marble | Sole Aim – LTS Princess | 29.70 | M Collins | ||||||||||
| 1981 | Anner Duke | Ballintee Star – Cloneen Blossom | 29.60 | P O’Connor | |||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| Ranslee | Limerick Echo – Murlens Deb | 29.76 | J Byrne | ||||||||||
| 1986 | Echo King | Limerick Echo – Lough Kent Rose | 29.58 | J O'Leary | |||||||||
| Keystone Prince | Keystone Rocket – Hardihostess | 29.58 | L Dwan | ||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| Fast Arrow | Im Slippy – Elf Arrow | 29.59 | Martin Ryan | ||||||||||
| Karibu Lass[9] | Satharn Beo - Wigston LAdy | 29.44 | Michael Doyle | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Astral Walk | Star Treasure – Walk Siobhan | 29.35 | |||||||||||
| Airmount Petit | Mountleader Peer – Airmount Grand | 29.11 | Gerald Kiely | 4-6f | |||||||||
| Deenside Chip | Top Honcho – Deenside Jenny | 29.17 | Nicola Boran | 9-4 | |||||||||
| Black Cat Jim [10] | Mustang Jack – Blackcat Colleen | 29.19 | Eleanor Cleere | 7-4f | |||||||||
| Haven House [11] | Top Honcho - Pinnacle | 29.47 | George Smart | 3-1 | |||||||||
| Elteen Nell [12] | Honcho Classic – Ballinclare Lark | 29.12 | Mary Brennan | 2-1f | |||||||||
| Crossleigh Pilot [13] | Borna Pilot – Crossleigh Lark | 28.95 | Madeleine O’Brien | 11-10f | |||||||||
| Benjo [14] | Fortune Mike – Winner Born | 29.38 | Joe Rafferty | 7-2 | |||||||||
| Ballygur Mike [15] | Droopys Agassi – Big Picture | 29.60 | Michael Kelly | 5-2 | |||||||||
| Running Smart [16] | Daves Mentor – Tari Side | 29.49 | Joe Anglim | 6/1 | |||||||||
| Jumeirah Joe [17] | Brett Lee – Droopys Just Hot | 29.29 | Rynal Ruane | 11/2 | |||||||||
| Shaneboy Spencer [18] | Droopys Scolari – Shaneboy Maria | 29.01 | Colette Kiely | 5/2 | |||||||||
| Boherna Rumble [19] | Ace Hi Rumble – Hondo On Air | 28.89 | Pat Buckley | 4/1 | |||||||||
| Droopys Der [20] | Ace Hi Rumble – Droopys Twirl | 29.14 | John Linehan | 9/4 | |||||||||
| Kilara Hey Mac [21] | Ullid Conor – Kilara Gypsy | 28.79 | 5/4f | ||||||||||
| Doctor Zhivago [22] | Ace Hi Rumble – Ballymac Sasha | 29.02 | David Flanagan | 6/1 | |||||||||
| Karlow Crean [23] | Ace Hi Rumble – Karlow Ming | 29.08 | Henry Kelly | 7/2 | |||||||||
| Ballybough Dad [24] | Ballymac Vic – High St Miley | 29.06 | Martin 'Murt' Leahy | 5/4f | |||||||||
| Skywalker Rafa [25] | Laughil Blake – Coolavanny Royce | 28.87 | Michael J O'Donovan | 4/7f | |||||||||
| No race due to (COVID-19 pandemic) | |||||||||||||
| Dark Devil[26] | Ballymac Vic – Bull Run Ballad | 28.86 | Martin (Murt) Leahy | No SP | No SP due to COVID-19 | ||||||||
| Zoom[27] | Coolavanny Jap – Droopys Dorothy | 28.90 | Martin (Murt) Leahy | 9/4 | |||||||||
| Lynchy Boy[28] | Confident Rankin – Boozed Bubble | 29.46 | Paraic Campion | 3/1 | |||||||||
| Bogger Dusty[29] | Droopys Biker – Mustang Swift | 29.18 | Liam Peacock | 4/1 | |||||||||