The Victor McCalmont Memorial Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Ireland open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged four 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.
The race is named in honour of Victor McCalmont, the Irish racing administrator and owner-breeder.
The race was run over 12 furlongs until 2000.
Records Most successful horse (2 wins): Chinese White - (2008, 2010)
Leading jockey (5 wins): Pat Smullen - Misty Heights (2004), Chinese White (2008,2010), Caponata (2013), I'm Yours (2014)
Leading trainer (6 wins): Dermot Weld – Token Gesture (1997), Misty Heights (2004), Chinese White (2008,2010), Caponata (2013), I'm Yours (2014)
Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time 1997 Token Gesture 3 Michael Kinane Dermot Weld 2:41.601998No 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 Irène-Térésa 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 2018 Turret Rocks 5 Kevin Manning Jim Bolger 2:02.62 2019 Who's Steph 4 Colin Keane Ger Lyons 2:03.24 2020 Lemista 3 Colin Keane Ger Lyons 2:04.71 2021 Too Soon To Panic 4 Chris Hayes Fozzie Stack 2:07.95 2022 Rumbles of Thunder 4 Colin Keane Paddy Twomey 2:03.31 2023 Indian Wish 4 Declan McDonogh Joseph O'Brien 2:03.68 2024 Empress of Beauty 4 Billy Lee Henry de Bromhead 2:21.27 2025 Madam Celeste 4 Colin Keane Ger Lyons 2:00.57 2026 Sindria 4 Dylan Browne McMonagle Joseph O'Brien 2:00:15
See also Horse racing in Ireland List of Irish flat horse races
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