The 45th running of the Irish 2000 Guineas was held on Saturday 15th May 1965 over 1 mile of The Curragh. The winner received £8000 and was owned by Mr B Kerr, trained by Kevin Kerr and ridden by N Brennan. The winner won by 2 1/2 lengths in 1 minute 43.0 seconds, with 2 lengths between second and third.

IRISH 2000 GUINEAS 1965

GREEN BANNER (Grey colt by Palestine out of Fainne Oir) SR 1787

The winning owner won £8000 (The equivalent of £147,300 in 2018 based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

Significant details are missing from this page. If you can fill the gaps then email johnwslusar@gmail.com
GN1907.JPG (8122 bytes)

GN1908.JPG (8001 bytes)

GN1910.JPG (7999 bytes)
Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 GREEN BANNER 9.0 N Brennan Mr B Kerr Kevin Kerr
2 DANDINI 9.0 Lester Piggott Lady Alseden  
3 SOVERIEGN EDITION 9.0 Russ Maddock Mr J H Kartz Ron Mason
4 JEALOUS 9.0 Bill Pyers Princess Elizabeth Oettingen-Spielberg John Oxx
5 MABROUK 9.0 T P Burns Mr Rex Beaumont Kevin Bell
6 WEDDING PRESENT 9.0 Patrick Sullivan 7th Earl of Donoughmore John Oxx
7 BALJOUR 9.0 T P Glennon Mr John McShain M Vincent O'Brien
8 FLAMING RED 9.0 Paeder Matthews Mr Michael Kennedy Patrick Norris
9 QUEENS MESSENGER 9.0 R P Parnell    
10 MIDNIGHT MARAUDER 9.0 Jimmy Lindley    
11 SOLVENT 9.0 R Moylan    
12 REGARDE 9.0 J J Rafferty    
13 SOLAR CHEV 9.0 George McGrath    
14 SANDIMENT 9.0 M Kennedy    
15 OPIO 9.0 Liam Ward    
16 PIRATHON 9.0 John Power    
17 ROAMING STAR 9.0 Bill Rickaby    
18 CARLEMONT 9.0 Garnie Bougoure    
19 TWELVE OAKS 9.0 J Hunter    
20 BELGRAVE 9.0 Jack Purtell    
21 STRAND STATION 9.0 Paddy Powell    
  Betting        
9/2 Fav Jealous        
11/2 Dandini        
100/7 Green Banner        
22/1 Sovereign Edition        

ISBN 978-0-9957632-0-3

652 pages

774 former courses

ISBN 978-0-9957632-1-0

352 pages

400 former courses

ISBN 978-0-9957632-2-7

180 pages

140 former courses

ISBN 978-0-9957632-3-4

264 pages

235 former courses
Copies of the above books are only available by emailing johnwslusar@gmail.com stating your requirements, method of payment (cheque payable to W.Slusar) or Bank transfer, and the address where the book(s) should be sent.
ORDER FORM
Download an order form
  Quantity Cost
Volume 1 North of Hatfield £19.99 + £4 postage    
Volume 2 South of Hatfield £14.99 + £3 postage    
Volume 3 Wales & Scotland £9.99 + £3 postage    
Volume 4 Ireland £9.99 + £3 postage    
Volumes 1 - 4 £54.96 + £5 postage    
Postage & Packaging    
Total    
Email order form to johnwslusar@gmail.com