The Callanan Cup was a leading greyhound racing competition held annually at Harold's Cross Stadium in the city district of Harold's Cross, Dublin, Ireland.^[1]

Year Winner Breeding Trainer Time SP Notes 1928: Burletta: Jock's Lodge - Fasten Fast: Alf Mulliner: 41.91 sec: 5-2: 1929: Loughnagare: Loafer - Hands Off: Paddy McEllistrim: 42.76 sec: 4-9f: 1930: Maidens Boy: Guiding Hand - Maiden Hymn: S.Young (Private) 41.48 sec: 4-9f: 1931: Mick The Miller: Glorious Event - Na Boc Lei: Sidney Orton: 41.31 sec: 1-1f: 1932. The Irish St Leger is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at the Curragh over a distance of 1 mile and 6 furlongs (2,816 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September. It is Ireland's equivalent of the St Leger Stakes, a famous race in England (although unlike the English race, it is open to both horses above age. The St Leger Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race held on Day 4 of the St leger Festival (a Saturday) and is run at Doncaster over a distance of 1-mile, 6 furlongs and 115 yards (2,921 metres). The St leger Festival is scheduled to take place each year in September.

It was inaugurated after the Second World War and was used by many leading connections as a warm up competition to the Irish Greyhound Derby.^[2]

It was a major competition and was an integral part of the Irish greyhound racing calendar and was set up in memory of Arthur 'Doc' Callanan after he died in October 1945.^[3] Callanan was the original veterinary surgeon at the Dublin track when it opened in 1928 and he saved the lives of Mick the Miller in 1928 and Creamery Border in 1932.^[4] The race was called the Callanan Memorial Cup from 1970-1981 after which it was discontinued.^[5]

Past winners[edit]

Venues & Distances[edit]

• 1947-1981 (Harolds Cross 525y)

References[edit]

1. ^Comyn, John. 50 Years of Greyhound Racing in Ireland, page 207. Aherlow Publishers Ltd.
2. ^Fortune, Michael. Irish Greyhound Derby 1932–1981. Victory Irish Promotions Ltd.
3. ^'Remember When - August 2019'. Greyhound Star.
4. ^Genders, Roy (1981). The Encyclopedia of Greyhound Racing, page 292. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN07207-1106-1.
5. ^Genders, Roy (1990). NGRC book of Greyhound Racing, page 251. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN0-7207-1804-X.
6. ^'Monthly Greyhound Star (Remember When 1959) January edition'. Greyhound Star.
7. ^'REMEMBER WHEN: SEPTEMBER'. Greyhound Star.
8. ^Comyn, John. 50 Years of Greyhound Racing in Ireland. Aherlow Publishers Ltd. p. 133.

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