The 12th running of the Irish 2000 Guineas was held on Wednesday 25th May 1932 over 1 mile of The Curragh. A pot of 2000 Guineas was available, 100 guineas to the second and 50 guineas to the third. The winner was owned by Captain Gerald Dunne, trained by Colonel Arthur Blake and ridden by Mornington Wing. The winner won by 1/2 a length, with 1 length between second and third. |
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IRISH 2000 GUINEAS 1932
LINDLEY (Brown colt by Spion Kop out of Teplitz) SR 1862
The winning owner won £1850 (The equivalent of £122,800 in 2018 based on Bank of England inflation calculator). |
 
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| Pos. |
Horse |
Weight |
Jockey |
Owner |
Trainer |
| 1 |
LINDLEY |
9.0 |
Morny Wing |
Captain Gerald Dunne |
Colonel Arthur Blake |
| 2 |
HILL SONG |
9.0 |
E Gardner |
Major Evelyn Shirley |
J T Rogers |
| 3 |
SOLICITOUS |
9.0 |
Jack Moylan |
Mrs C L Mackean |
Col A Blake |
| 4 |
CALL HIM |
9.0 |
Joe Canty |
Major D Dixon |
Philip Behan |
| 5 |
CORNBURY |
9.0 |
M Prendergast |
Mr O V Watney |
R More O'Ferrall |
| 6 |
KINGSMERE |
9.0 |
B Thorpe |
Mr Odlum |
Col A Blake |
| 7 |
MINDEN BOY |
9.0 |
Jas Kirby |
Sir F Eley |
F Templeman |
| 8 |
WAMPUM |
9.0 |
M Barrett |
Mr H Kennedy |
Prendergast |
| 9 |
VALKYRIE |
9.0 |
Thomas Burns |
Mr O V Watney |
R More O'Ferrall |
| 10 |
LOTUS LEAVES |
9.0 |
G Christie |
Major Evelyn Shirley |
John T Rogers |
| 11 |
GRAND ECART |
9.0 |
E Martin Quirke |
Mr S Vlasto |
R More O'Ferrall |
| 12 |
SOLOMONS SEAL |
9.0 |
Henry Beasley |
Sir M Wilson |
Walter Nightingall |
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Betting |
TRAINER PROFILE
Arthur Blake was born in 1884 and after a spell in the Armed Forces, when he rose to the position on Colonel, he became a racehorse trainer. His training career was based at Heath House Stables in Maryborough, Portlaoise from where he became Champion Irish Trainer on 3 occasions, 1929, 1930 and again in 1938. In all he trained 17 Irish Classic winners which included two Irish Derby winners, firstly in 1938 with Rosewell (SR 1904) and again in 1941 with Sol Oriens (SR 1932). He died in 1974. |
| 6/4 fav |
Solomons Seal |
| 2/1 |
Lindley |
| 4/1 |
Valkyrie |
| 8/1 |
Hill Song |
| 20/1 |
Solicitous |
| 20/1 |
Minden Boy |
| 33/1 |
Call Him |
| 100/1 |
Cornbury |
| 100/1 |
Kingsmere |
| 100/1 |
Wampum |
| 100/1 |
Grand Ecart |
| 100/1 |
Lotus Leaves |
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Over round 122% |
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