| Location | Curragh Racecourse Co. Kildare, Ireland |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1922 |
| Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | Etihad Airways |
| Website | Curragh |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 mile (1,609 metres) |
| Track | Turf, right-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-old fillies |
| Weight | 9 st 0 lb |
| Purse | €325,000 (2011) 1st: €188,500 |
The Irish 1,000 Guineas is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at the Curragh over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in May.
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The event was established in 1922, a year after the launch of the Irish 2,000 Guineas. The inaugural running was won by Lady Violette.
It is Ireland's equivalent of the 1,000 Guineas, and in recent years it has taken place three weeks after that race. The field usually includes horses which previously contested the English version, and two have achieved victory in both events. The first was Attraction in 2004, and the second was Finsceal Beo in 2007.
The leading horses from the Irish 1,000 Guineas often go on to compete in the following month's Coronation Stakes. The last to win both races was Attraction in 2004.
Leading jockey (7 wins):
Leading trainer (7 wins):
Leading owner since 1950 (5 wins): (includes part ownership)
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
| 1979 | Godetia | Lester Piggott | Vincent O'Brien | Robert Sangster | 1:52.40 |
| 1980 | Cairn Rouge | Tony Murray | Michael Cunningham | D. Brady | 1:39.10 |
| 1981 | Arctique Royale | Gabriel Curran | Kevin Prendergast | Jean-Pierre Binet | 1:49.30 |
| 1982 | Prince's Polly | Wally Swinburn | Dermot Weld | Kerry Fitzpatrick | 1:40.50 |
| 1983 | L'Attrayante | Alain Badel | Olivier Douieb | Mrs Charles Thériot | 1:49.20 |
| 1984 | Katies | Philip Robinson | Mick Ryan | Terry Ramsden | 1:38.60 |
| 1985 | Al Bahathri | Tony Murray | Harry Thomson Jones | Hamdan Al Maktoum | 1:45.30 |
| 1986 | Sonic Lady | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | Sheikh Mohammed | 1:44.90 |
| 1987 | Forest Flower | Tony Ives | Ian Balding | Paul Mellon | 1:43.90 |
| 1988 | Trusted Partner | Michael Kinane | Dermot Weld | Moyglare Stud Farm | 1:39.90 |
| 1989 | Ensconse | Ray Cochrane | Luca Cumani | Sheikh Mohammed | 1:38.50 |
| 1990 | In the Groove | Steve Cauthen | David Elsworth | Brian Cooper | 1:41.30 |
| 1991 | Kooyonga | Warren O'Connor | Michael Kauntze | Mitsuo Haga | 1:37.20 |
| 1992 | Marling | Walter Swinburn | Geoff Wragg | Edmund Loder | 1:41.50 |
| 1993 | Nicer | Michael Hills | Barry Hills | Catherine Corbett | 1:44.20 |
| 1994 | Mehthaaf | Willie Carson | John Dunlop | Hamdan Al Maktoum | 1:49.00 |
| 1995 | Ridgewood Pearl | Christy Roche | John Oxx | Anne Coughlan | 1:43.90 |
| 1996 | Matiya | Willie Carson | Ben Hanbury | Hamdan Al Maktoum | 1:39.80 |
| 1997 | Classic Park | Stephen Craine | Aidan O'Brien | Mrs Seamus Burns | 1:42.20 |
| 1998 | Tarascon | Jamie Spencer | Tommy Stack | Jane Rowlinson | 1:38.40 |
| 1999 | Hula Angel | Michael Hills | Barry Hills | Jim Fleming | 1:39.10 |
| 2000 | Crimplene | Philip Robinson | Clive Brittain | Marwan Al Maktoum | 1:39.80 |
| 2001 | Imagine | Seamus Heffernan | Aidan O'Brien | Sue Magnier | 1:41.10 |
| 2002 | Gossamer | Jamie Spencer | Luca Cumani | Gerald Leigh | 1:45.50 |
| 2003 | Yesterday | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien | Sue Magnier | 1:40.80 |
| 2004 | Attraction | Kevin Darley | Mark Johnston | 10th Duke of Roxburghe | 1:37.60 |
| 2005 | Saoire | Michael Kinane | Frances Crowley | Joseph Joyce | 1:41.50 |
| 2006 | Nightime | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | Marguerite Weld | 1:48.30 |
| 2007 | Finsceal Beo | Kevin Manning | Jim Bolger | Michael Ryan | 1:39.30 |
| 2008 | Halfway to Heaven | Seamus Heffernan | Aidan O'Brien | Tabor / Smith / Magnier | 1:40.82 |
| 2009 | Again | Johnny Murtagh | David Wachman | Tabor / Magnier | 1:46.34 |
| 2010 | Bethrah | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | Hamdan Al Maktoum | 1:37.49 |
| 2011 | Misty for Me | Seamus Heffernan | Aidan O'Brien | Tabor / Magnier / Smith | 1:35.90 |