The 43rd running of the Irish 2000 Guineas was held on Wednesday 15th May 1963 over 1 mile of The Curragh. The winner received £6000 and was owned by Mr F More O'Ferrall, trained by Paddy Prendergast and ridden by Paeder Matthews. The winner won by 1 1/2 lengths in 1 minute 45.0 seconds, with 1 length between second and third.

IRISH 2000 GUINEAS 1963

LINACRE (Brown colt by Rockefella out of True Picture) SR 1978

The winning owner won £6000 (The equivalent of £119,500 in 2018 based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

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Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 LINACRE 9.0 Paeder Matthews Mr F More O'Ferrall Paddy Prendergast
2 TURBO JET 9.0 T P Glennon Mr John McShain M Vincent O'Brien
3 L'HOMME ARME 9.0 Liam Ward Mr C Mason, Mrs Anne Biddle Thomas Shaw
4 LOCK HARD 9.0 Peter Boothman Mr W J Kavanagh Michael Hurley
5 TARQOGAN 9.0 J Wright Mr Joseph McGrath Seamus McGrath
6 VIC MON CHROI 9.0 Paddy Powell Comte Antoine de Labespin Michael Hurley
7 HILL O'DOON 9.0 Douglas Page Mrs P W McGrath Seamus McGrath
8 NARRACHI 9.0 W Burke    
9 NARDOO 9.0 Lester Piggott    
10 SILVER LEOPARD 9.0 Roger Poincelet    
11 PROFIT REFUTED 9.0 G McGrath    
12 SENIOR STEWARD 9.0 F Palmer    
13 PONTIFEN 9.0 T P Burns    
14 BALLET PAINTING 9.0 F Lanagan    
  Betting        
3/1 fav Turbo Jet        
25/1 L'Homme Arme        
40/1 Linacre        

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