The 60th running of the Irish 1000 Guineas was held on Saturday 23rd May 1981 over 1 mile of The Curragh. The winner won £37,132. The winner was owned by Mr J P Binet, trained by Kevin Prendergast and ridden by Gabriel Curran. The winner won by a short head in 1 minute 49.3 seconds, with a length between second and third.

IRISH 1000 GUINEAS 1981

ARCTIQUE ROYALE (Bay filly by Royal and Regal out of Arctic Melody) SR 1805

The winning owner won £37,132, (The equivalent of £135,300 in 2018 based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

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Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 ARTCTIQUE ROYALE 9.0 Gabriel Curran Mr J P Binet Kevin Prendergast
2 BLUE WIND 9.0 Walter Swinburn Mrs Diana Firestone Dermot Weld
3 MARTINOVA 9.0 Pat Eddery   Con Collins
4 OVERPLAY 9.0 J Deegan   Dermot Weld
5 HAPPY BRIDE 9.0 Declan Gillespie   Jim Bolger
6 VOCALIST 9.0 Greville Starkey   Frankie Durr
7 STAR PASTURES 9.0 Brian Taylor   Jeremy Hindley
8 DRAMA 9.0 Christy Roche   M Vincent O'Brien
9 LONE BIDDER 9.0 Mick Kinane   Michael Kauntze
10 CALLIXENA 9.0 Roy Carroll   John Oxx
11 CASTLEMAINE 9.0 Tony Murray   A Maxwell
12 CITISSIMA 9.0 P V Gilson   Dermot Weld
13 RHEIN HONEY 9.0 George McGrath   M Connolly
14 SPEEDY ROSE 9.0 Stephen Craine   O Browne
15 STRACOMER QUEEN 9.0 S Martinez   P Russell
  Betting        
5/2 fav Martinova        
6/1 Blue Wind        
7/1 Arctique Royale        

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