Irish 2,000 Guineas

Irish 2,000 Guineas

2017
Churchill	Thunder Snow	Irishcorrespondent

Previous years
2016
Awtaad	Galileo Gold	Blue De Vega
2015
Gleneagles	Endless Drama	Ivawood
2014
Kingman	Shifting Power	Mustajeeb
2013
Magician	Gale Force Ten	Trading Leather
2012
Power	Foxtrot Romeo	Reply
2011
Roderic O'Connor	Dubawi Gold	Oracle

2010-2001
2010
Canford Cliffs	Free Judgement	Viscount Nelson
2009
Mastercraftsman	Rayeni	Soul City
2008
Henrythenavigator	New Approach	Stubbs Art
2007
Cockney Rebel	Creachadoir	He's A Decoy
2006
Araafa	George Washington	Decado
2005
Dubawi	Oratorio	Democratic Deficit
2004
Bachelor Duke	Azamour	Grey Swallow
2003
Indian Haven	France	Tout Seul
2002
Rock Of Gibraltar	Century City	Della Francesca
2001
Black Minnaloushe	Mozart	Minardi

2000-1995
2000
Bachir	Giant's Causeway	Cape Town
1999
Saffron Walden	Enrique	Orpen
1998
Desert Prince	Fa-Eq	Second Empire
1997
Desert King	Verglas	Romanov
1996
Spinning World	Rainbow Blues	Beauchamp King
1995
Spectrum	Adjareli	Bahri

The Irish 2,000 Guineas is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and 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.

History

The event was established in 1921, a year before the launch of the Irish 1,000 Guineas. The inaugural running was won by Soldennis.

It is Ireland's equivalent of the 2,000 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 eight have achieved victory in both events. The first was Right Tack in 1969, and the most recent was Churchill in 2017.

The leading horses from the Irish 2,000 Guineas often go on to compete in the following month's St. James's Palace Stakes.

Records

Leading jockey (5 wins):

• Tommy Burns, Sr. – Soldennis (1921), Soldumeno (1923), Cornfield (1939), Grand Weather (1947), Beau Sabreur (1948)
• Martin Quirke – Salisbury (1929), Glannarg (1930), Museum (1935), Nearchus (1938), Khosro (1941)

Leading trainer (11 wins):

• Aidan O'Brien – Desert King (1997), Saffron Walden (1999), Black Minnaloushe (2001), Rock of Gibraltar (2002), Henrythenavigator (2008), Mastercraftsman (2009), Roderic O'Connor (2011), Power (2012), Magician (2013), Gleneagles (2015), Churchill (2017)

Leading owner since 1950 (10 wins): (includes part ownership)

• Sue Magnier – Saffron Walden (1999), Black Minnaloushe (2001), Rock of Gibraltar (2002), Henrythenavigator (2008), Mastercraftsman (2009), Roderic O'Connor (2011), Power (2012), Magician (2013), Gleneagles (2015), Churchill (2017)

Winners since 1969

Earlier winners

¹ The 1944 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners.
² Kingfisher finished first in 1967, but he was relegated to second place after a stewards' inquiry.

See also

• Irish Triple Crown race winners
• List of Irish flat horse races

References

• Paris-Turf:
  • "1978". , "1979". , "1980". , "1981". , "1983". , "1984". , "1985". , "1986". , "1987". 
• Racing Post:
  • 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
  • 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

• galopp-sieger.de – Irish 2000 Guineas.
• horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Irish 2000 Guineas (2016).
• irishracinggreats.com – Irish 2,000 Guineas (Group 1).
• pedigreequery.com – Irish 2000 Guineas Stakes – Curragh.
• tbheritage.com – Irish Two Thousand Guineas.