The 52nd running of the Irish 2000 Guineas was held on Saturday 13th May 1972 over 1 mile of The Curragh. The winner received £15,318 and was owned by Mrs Meg Mullion, trained by Paddy Prendergast and ridden by Christy Roche. The winner won by 3 lengths in 1 minute 47.7 seconds, with 3/4 length between second and third.

IRISH 2000 GUINEAS 1972

BALLYMORE (Bay colt by Ragusa out of Paddys Sister) SR 1803

The winning owner won £15,318 (The equivalent of £192,100 in 2018 based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

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Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 BALLYMORE 9.0 Christy Roche Mrs Meg Mullion Paddy Prendergast
2 MARTINMAS 9.0 Philip Waldron   Ian Balding
3 FLAIR PATH 9.0 Lester Piggott   P Prendergast jnr
4 HOME GUARD 9.0 Johnny Roe   M Vincent O'Brien
5 HIGH TOP 9.0 Willie Carson Sir Jules Thorn Bernard Van Cutsem
6 BARGY MAN 9.0 R Parnell   Weld
7 REGINALD'S TOWER 9.0 P Burns   Weld
8 MASTER ALBERT 9.0 J Smith   Weld
9 BOG ROAD 9.0 George McGrath Mr Seamus McGrath Seamus McGrath
10 TALL DREAM 9.0 H Cope   John Oxx
11 BOLD BID 9.0 Patrick Sullivan   M Connolly
12 BALLYHAYS 9.0 John Murtagh   Vance
13 BLACK ABBOT 9.0 Timmy Murphy   Kearns
14 MY PAL HOUSTON 9.0 Jeff Lynch   T Curtin
  Betting        
5/1 Flair Path        
10/1 Martinmas        
33/1 Ballymore        

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