The Irish 1,000 Guineas is a
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flat horse race in Ireland open to three-year-old
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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
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, 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
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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
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(7 wins):
* Morny Wing – ''Lady Violette (1922), Glenshesk (1923), Spiral (1931), Sol Speranza (1937), Gainsworth (1940), Panastrid (1945), Sea Symphony (1947)''
Leading
trainer (11 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), Empress Josephine (2021), Lake Victoria (2025)''
Leading owner since 1950 (11 wins):
''(includes part ownership)''
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Sue Magnier
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Magnier was a senator in the uppe ...
– ''Imagine (2001), Yesterday (2003), Halfway to Heaven (2008), Again (2009), Misty for Me (2011), Marvellous (2014), Winter (2017), Hermosa (2019), Peaceful (2020), Empress Josephine (2021), Lake Victoria (2025)''
Winners since 1960
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
*
Horse racing in Ireland
*
List of Irish flat horse races
References
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External links
* Race Recordings (1979, 1984–2007
youtube.comgalopp-sieger.de– ''Irish 1000 Guineas.''
ifhaonline.org– ''International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Irish 1000 Guineas (2019).''
– ''Irish 1,000 Guineas (Group 1).''
pedigreequery.com– ''Irish 1000 Guineas Stakes – Curragh.''
– ''Irish One Thousand Guineas.''
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Flat races in Ireland
Curragh Racecourse
Flat horse races for three-year-old fillies
Horse races established in 1922
1922 establishments in Ireland