Irish 1,000 Guineas
Group 1 race | |
Location | Curragh Racecourse Co. Kildare, Ireland |
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Inaugurated | 1922 |
Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | Tattersalls |
Website | Curragh |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 mile (1,609 metres) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-old fillies |
Weight | 9 st 0 lb |
Purse | €230,000 (2020) 1st: €142,500 |
2020 | ||
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Peaceful | Fancy Blue | So Wonderful |
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1990 | ||
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In The Groove | Heart Of Joy | Performing Arts |
1989 | ||
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Ensconse | Aldbourne | Run To Jenny |
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Trusted Partner | Dancing Goddess | Jungle Gold |
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.
History
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 1000 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 four have achieved victory in both events; Attraction in 2004, Finsceal Beo in 2007, Winter in 2017 and Hermosa in 2019.
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 Alpha Centauri in 2018.
Records
Leading jockey (7 wins):
- Morny Wing – Lady Violette (1922), Glenshesk (1923), Spiral (1931), Sol Speranza (1937), Gainsworth (1940), Panastrid (1945), Sea Symphony (1947)
Leading trainer (9 wins):
- Aidan O'Brien - Classic Park (1997), Imagine (2001), Yesterday (2003), Halfway To Heaven (2008), Misty For Me (2011), Marvellous (2014), Winter (2017), Hermosa (2019), Peaceful (2020)
Leading owner since 1950 (9 wins): (includes part ownership)
- Sue Magnier – Imagine (2001), Yesterday (2003), Halfway to Heaven (2008), Again (2009), Misty for Me (2011), Marvellous (2014), Winter (2017), Hermosa (2019), Peaceful (2020)
Winners since 1960
Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
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1960 | Zanobia | Liam Ward | T. Shaw | Mrs A. Biddle | |
1961 | Lady Senator | Tommy Gosling | P. Ashworth | G. Freeman | |
1962 | Shandon Belle | T. P. Burns | R. Fetherstonhaugh | S. Abbot | |
1963 | Gazpacho | Freddie Palmer | Paddy Prendergast | Mrs J. Mullion | |
1964 | Royal Danseuse | Johnny Roe | Seamus McGrath | Joe McGrath | |
1965 | Ardent Dancer | Bill Rickaby | Tommy Gosling | Mrs P. McAllister | |
1966 | Valoris | J. Power | Vincent O'Brien | Charles Clore | |
1967 | Lacquer | Ron Hutchinson | Harry Wragg | Budgie Moller | |
1968 | Front Row | Eric Eldin | Ryan Jarvis | F. Allen | |
1969 | Wenduyne | Bill Williamson | Paddy Prendergast | J. Mullion | |
1970 | Black Satin | Ron Hutchinson | John Dunlop | W. Reynolds | |
1971 | Favoletta | Lester Piggott | Harry Wragg | Budgie Moller | |
1972 | Pidget | Wally Swinburn | Kevin Prendergast | Norman Frank Butler | 1:47.80 |
1973 | Cloonagh | Greville Starkey | Henry Cecil | Arthur Boyd-Rochfort | 1:47.40 |
1974 | Gaily | Ron Hutchinson | Dick Hern | Michael Sobell | 1:49.50 |
1975 | Miralla | Buster Parnell | Hugh Nugent | Lady Lister Kaye | 1:46.10 |
1976 | Sarah Siddons | Christy Roche | Paddy Prendergast | Mrs J R Mullion | 1:45.20 |
1977 | Lady Capulet | Tommy Murphy | Vincent O'Brien | Robert Sangster | 1:45.20 |
1978 | More So | Christy Roche | Paddy Prendergast | Joan Gelb | 1:39.60 |
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 | Sir 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 | Seamie 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 | Seamie 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 | Seamie Heffernan | Aidan O'Brien | Tabor / Magnier / Smith | 1:35.90 |
2012 | Samitar | Martin Harley | Mick Channon | Martin S. Schwartz | 1:38.50 |
2013 | Just The Judge | Jamie Spencer | Charles Hills | Qatar Racing Ltd & Sangster family | 1:39.37 |
2014 | Marvellous | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Smith / Tabor / Magnier | 1:45.52 |
2015 | Pleascach | Kevin Manning | Jim Bolger | Jackie Bolger | 1:39.17 |
2016 | Jet Setting | Shane Foley | Adrian Keatley | Equinegrowthpartners Syndicate | 1:42.46 |
2017 | Winter | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Tabor / Magnier / Smith | 1:39.78 |
2018 | Alpha Centauri | Colm O'Donoghue | Jessica Harrington | Niarchos Family | 1:38.71 |
2019 | Hermosa | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Tabor / Magnier / Smith | 1:35.07 |
2020 | Peaceful[a] | Seamie Heffernan | Aidan O'Brien | Tabor / Magnier / Smith | 1:38.19 |
- ^ The 2020 race was run in June due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland
Earlier winners
- 1922: Lady Violette
- 1923: Glenshesk
- 1924: Voltoi
- 1925: Flying Dinah
- 1926: Resplendent
- 1927: West Indies
- 1928: Moucheron
- 1929: Soloptic
- 1930: Star of Egypt
- 1931: Spiral
- 1932: Petoni
- 1933: Spy-Ann
- 1934: Kyloe
- 1935: Smokeless
- 1936: Harvest Star
- 1937: Sol Speranza
- 1938: Lapel
- 1939: Serpent Star
- 1940: Gainsworth
- 1941: Milady Rose
- 1942: Majideh
- 1943: Suntop
- 1944: Annetta
- 1945: Panastrid
- 1946: Ella Retford
- 1947: Sea Symphony
- 1948: Morning Wings
- 1949: Sunlit Ride
- 1950: Princess Trudy
- 1951: Queen of Sheba
- 1952: Nashua
- 1953: Northern Gleam
- 1954: Pantomime Queen
- 1955: Dark Issue
- 1956: Pederoba
- 1957: Even Star
- 1958: Butiaba
- 1959: Fiorentina
See also
References
- Paris-Turf:
- Racing Post:
- galopp-sieger.de – Irish 1000 Guineas.
- ifhaonline.org – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Irish 1000 Guineas (2019).
- irishracinggreats.com – Irish 1,000 Guineas (Group 1).
- pedigreequery.com – Irish 1000 Guineas Stakes – Curragh.
- tbheritage.com – Irish One Thousand Guineas.