Victor McCalmont Memorial Stakes

The Victor McCalmont Memorial Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Ireland open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Gowran Park over a distance of 1 mile, 1 furlong and 100 yards (1,902 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late April or early May.

Victor McCalmont Memorial Stakes
2017
Somehow Sea Swift Laganore

The race is named in honour of Victor McCalmont, the Irish racing administrator and owner-breeder.[1]

The race was run over 12 furlongs until 2000.

Winners

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Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time
1997 Token Gesture 3 Michael Kinane Dermot Weld 2:41.60
1998No race
1999 Orange Sunset 3 Jamie Spencer Liam Browne 2:45.60
2000 Katiykha 4 Johnny Murtagh John Oxx 2:41.30
2001 Dearly 3 Johnny Murtagh John Oxx 1:58.40
2002 Fionns Folly 3 Seamie Heffernan Mme I T Oakes-Cottin 2:09.00
2003 Miss Honorine 4 Johnny Murtagh John Oxx 2:04.40
2004 Misty Heights 3 Pat Smullen Dermot Weld 2:00.00
2005 Hazariya 3 Michael Kinane John Oxx 2:01.70
2006 Galatee 3 Kevin Manning Jim Bolger 2:08.60
2007 Anna Karenina 4 Wayne Lordan David Wachman 1:58.20
2008 Chinese White 3 Pat Smullen Dermot Weld 2:07.91
2009 She's Our Mark 5 D M Grant Patrick J Flynn 2:11.89
2010 Chinese White 5 Pat Smullen Dermot Weld 2:01.08
2011 Banimpire 3 Kevin Manning Jim Bolger 2:00.60
2012 Tannery 3 Niall McCullagh David Wachman 2:11.23
2013 Caponata 4 Pat Smullen Dermot Weld 2:04.17
2014 I'm Yours 3 Pat Smullen Dermot Weld 2:11.19
2015 Legatissimo 3 Wayne Lordan David Wachman 1:58.58
2016 Bocca Baciata 4 Colm O'Donoghue Jessica Harrington 2:01.64
2017 Somehow 4 Seamie Heffernan Aidan O'Brien 2:09.22
2018No race
2019 Who's Steph 4 Colin Keane Ger Lyons 2:03.24
2020 Lemista[lower-alpha 2] 3 Colin Keane Ger Lyons 2:04.71
  1. The 2018 race was abandoned due to waterlogging.[2]
  2. The 2020 race was run in June due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland

See also

References

  1. "Obituary: Victor McCalmont". The Independent. 30 March 1993. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  2. "Gowran's Sunday card called off". Sky Sports. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
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