National Produce Stakes

This article is about the Irish greyhound race. For the British race formerly known as Produce Stakes, see British Breeders Stakes. For the Irish horse race, see Vincent O'Brien National Stakes.

National Produce Stakes

Location	Clonmel Greyhound Stadium
Inaugurated	1939
Sponsor	Kasko Petfood
Race information
Distance	525 yards
Surface	Sand
Purse	€20,000 (winner)

Paddy Dunphy, winning trainer in 1957 and 1964

The National Produce Stakes is a greyhound racing competition held annually at Clonmel Greyhound Stadium in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland. ^[1]

Race history

It is a competition in the Irish racing greyhound racing calendar and was inaugurated in 1939. ^{[2] [3]} The event was held at Thurles Greyhound Stadium from 1999 to 2002. ^[4]

Venues and distances

• 1939–1988 (Clonmel 525y)
• 1999–2002 (Thurles 525y)
• 2003–present (Clonmel 525y)

Past winners

Year	Winner	Breeding	Time (sec)	Trainer	SP	Notes/ref
1939	Sporting Fancy	Sporting Law – Onside	30.20
1940	Landys Style	Dasher Lad – Sheevra More	30.30
1941	Botleys Best	Quality Tells – Delightful Floss	29.95
1943	Britannias Son	Tanist – Miss Britannia	30.30
1944	Lottys Gay Boy	Lottys Luck – Black May Tell	30.35
1945	Victory Star		30.45
1946	Crissie Tanist	Tanist – Milanies Yank	30.40
1947	Priceless Border	Clonahard Border – Priceless Sandills	29.54
1948	Something Short	Uacterlainn Riac – Lloydsboro Lass	29.90
1949	Esso Major		30.15
1957	The Grand Fire	The Grand Champion – Quare Fire	29.45	Paddy Dunphy	4/11f	[5]
1958	Summerhill Reject	Baytown Coak – Kilcomney Hostess	30.20
1959	Toast the Champ	The Grand Champion – Little Toast	29.70
1960	Springvalley Grand	The Grand Champion – Springvalley Lady	29.95
1961	Kileden General	The Grand Fire – Kilcomney Mistress	29.55	Dermott Hughes		[6]
1962	Rattle the Key	Man of Pleasure – Red Hot	29.45
1963	Piper Apache	The Grand Genius – Wee Look	29.85
1964	Mothel Chief	Knock Hill Chieftain – The Grand Duchess	29.70	Paddy Dunphy
1965	Kileden Guest	Chieftains Guest – Donore Mistress	29.76	Dermott Hughes	7/1	[6]
1966	Happy Thadie	Pigalle Wonder – Oughter Fire	29.70			[7]
1967	Whiteleas Gift	Hi Con – Hi Abbey	29.90	Tommy Manning		[8]
1968	Sallys Chance	Oregon Prince – Sallys Dreamer	29.85
1969	Right O'Myross	Myross Again – Right On Time	29.90	Dave Cashman
1970	Gentle Lady	Buffalo Bill – Cailin Na Coise	29.90	Patrick Carrigan		[9]
1971	Westpark Anti	Comstat – Westpark Grace	30.18
1972	Rathokelly Gem		30.05
1973	Big Kuda	Kilbeg Kuda – Far Down	29.98	Ger McKenna
1974	Quote Me	The Grand Silver – Gruelling Point	29.96	Moira O'Callaghan		[10]
1975	Kaiser Bill	Hack Up Fenian – Bright Chance	29.64
1976	CillDubh Darkey	Mortor Light – CillDubh Lane	29.64	Ger McKenna
1977	Greenane Decca	Monalee Champion – Fit Me In	29.68
1978	Always Kelly	Rail Ship -Advance Miss	30.34	Matt O'Donnell
1979	Hume Highway	Free Speech – Coaster	30.16
1980	Flying Marble	Sole Aim – LT's Princess	30.02	Mick Collins
1981	Calandra Champ	Itsachampion – Calendar Girl	29.66	Francie Murray	1/3f
1982	Badge of Hickory	Lindas Champion – Badge of May	29.70
1983	Game Ball	Sand Man – Stay in Business	29.26	Sean Burke
1984	Spring Play	Knockrour Slave – Highfield Spring	29.28
1985	Kansas Rebel	Light Mercury – Mary Shane	29.58	Matt O'Donnell
1986	Dilly Don't Dally	Brilliant Chimes – Milltown Queen	29.52	Noel Scully	4/1	[11]
1987	Droopys Jaguar	Game Ball – Derry Linda	29.44	Fraser Black	2/1	first sand surface [12]
1988	Dangerous Bridge	Easy And Slow – Ladys Role	28.94	Margaret Galvin	7/1	[13]
1989	Arrancourt Duke	The Other Risk – Knocknaboha Snap	28.46	Matt O'Donnell	11/8f	[14] [15]
1990	Adraville Bridge	Im Slippy – Milltown Gem	29.14	Mossie O'Connor	10/1	[16]
1991	Live Contender	Im Slippy – Lanigans Ball	28.90	Ned Lennon	4/5f	[17]
1992	Glenmoira	Im Slippy – Glenivy	29.21	Liam Kirley	10/1	[18]
1993	Rhincrew Sean	Adraville Bridge – Rhincrew Misty	28.64	Irene Barry
1994	Come on Ranger	Greenpark Fox – Mandies Handbag	28.82	John O'Connor	4/6f
1995	Airmount Coal	Coalbrook Tiger – Airmount Kelly	29.31	Gerald Kiely
1996	Shanless Slippy	Murlens Slippy- Lisnakill Flyer	29.24	Dolores Ruth	11/10f	[19]
1997	Clashaphuca	Come On Ranger – Swedish Belle	28.68	Fraser Black	3/1
1998	Maestro Mike	Cry Dalcash – Queen Prize	28.84	Martin Fortune	10/1
1999	Borna Survivor	Staplers Jo – Cool Survivor	29.15	Ruairi Dwan	9/2
2000	Moyne Rebel	Trade Official – Try A Minnie	28.70	Liam McCormack	1/2f	Track record [20]
2001	Droopys Kewell	Larkhill Jo – Perrys Pusher	28.95	Michael Dunphy	5/2	[21]
2002	Give And Go	Top Honcho – Chill Out Olive	29.19	Francie Murray	5/2	[22]
2003	Clashduff Fun	Prince of Tinrah – Clashduff Sara	28.79	Dolores Ruth	2/1	[23]
2004	Geldrops Touch	Droopys Vieri – Sporting Cleo	28.56	Owen McKenna	6/4jf	[24]
2005	Roisins Dessie	Carlton Bale – Lagile Minnie	28.82	Nicky Turner	5/2	[25]
2006	Eskimo Jack	Brett Lee – Kinturk Bluebell	28.54	Fergal Haugh	4/1	[26]
2007	Green Heat	Sonic Light – Ballymac Minnie	28.78	Liam Dowling	4/1	[27]
2008	Knowsley Jake	Jamella Tiger – Wish Upon	28.65	Bernadette Connolly	3/1	[28]
2009	Duke Special	Ballymac Maeve – Owvane Beauty	28.40	Michael Delahunty	2/1f	[29]
2010	Faypoint Dave	Hondo Black – Drive On Fancy	28.64	Owen McKenna	5/2	[30]
2011	Whiteys Hawk	Droopys Vieri – Whiteys Millie	28.38	Declan Bryne	7/1	[31]
2012	Power of God	Head Bound – Moneygall Larky	28.65	Pat Curtin	7/2	[32]
2013	Christys Bolt	Westmead Hawk – Christys Diamond	28.58	Owen McKenna	2/1	[33]
2014	Boylesports Hero	Top Savings – Cabra Midget	28.45	Brendan Matthews	5/4f	[34]
2015	Ballybough Mondo	Scolari Me Daddy – High St Miley	28.55	Martin 'Murt' Leahy	3/1	[35]
2016	Clares Rocket	Confident Rankin – Lemon Madrid	28.00	Graham Holland	1/2f	[36]
2017	Clonbrien Hero	Razldazl Jayfkay – Trout or Salmon	28.22	Graham Holland	5/4jf
2018	Cash Is King	Tyrur Big Mike – Fire Height Brid	28.43	Brendan Maunsell	6/4f	[38]
2019	Grangeview Ten	Zero Ten – Portumna West	28.62	Patrick Guilfoyle	5/2	[39]
2020	Newinn Taylor	Droopys Buick – Newinn Expert	28.34	Graham Holland	+N/A	+ due to COVID-19 pandemic [40]
2021	Explosive Boy	Good News – Delightful Girl	28.28	Patrick Guilfoyle	+N/A	+ due to COVID-19 pandemic [41]
2022	Gaston Pecas	Droopys Sydney – Bobsleigh Jet	28.36	Pat Buckley	6/1	[42]
2023	Burgess Supreme	Burgess Bucks – Burgess Dancer	28.52	Sheila Spillane	20/1	[43]
2024	Unamimouspanther	Droopys Sydney – Mystical Moll	28.38	Pat Buckley	9/4	[44]
2025	Lemon Joey	Ballymac best – Lemon Ariana	28.60	Murt Leahy	9/4	[45]

Sponsors

• 1980–1980 (Purina)
• 1988–1988 (Victory Dog Foods)
• 1991–1991 (Clonmel Chemicals)
• 1992–1993 (Red Mills)
• 1994–1996 (Country Pork)
• 1998–1998 (Gain)
• 2003–2005 (Irish Stud Dog Owners & Red Mills)
• 2006–2013 (Connolly's Red Mills)
• 2014–2017 (Bank of Ireland Finance)
• 2018–2022 (Larry O'Rourke)
• 2023–2023 (Thatch Bar & Restaurant)
• 2024–2024 (Kasko Peftood)
• 2025–2025 (Carrick Aldo at stud)

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