The 55th running of the Irish 2000 Guineas was held on Saturday 17th May 1975 over 1 mile of The Curragh. The winner received £21,736 and was owned by Dr Carlo Vittadini, trained by Peter Walwyn and ridden by Pat Eddery. The winner won by 1 1/2 lengths in 1 minute 47.2 seconds, with 1 length between second and third.

IRISH 2000 GUINEAS 1975

GRUNDY (Chestnut colt by Great Nephew out of Word From Lundy) SR 2123

The winning owner won £21,736 (The equivalent of £173,400 in 2018 based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

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Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 GRUNDY 9.0 Pat Eddery Dr Carlo Vittadini Peter Walwyn
2 MONSANTO 9.0 Yves St Martin   Angel Penna
3 MARK ANTHONY 9.0 Lester Piggott Captain Marcos Lemos Clive Brittain
4 RADIANT BOY 9.0 Johnny Roe   Dermot Weld
5 ITS FREEZING 9.0 Christy Roche Mr Waldhelm Paddy Prendergast
6 AUCTION RING 9.0 Eddie Hide Mr Simon Weinstock W R Hern
7 GOLDEN AIM 9.0 Greville Starkey   Philip Robinson
8 DEMPSEY 9.0 Wally Swinburn   A Maxwell
9 DERBY COURT 9.0 George McGrath Mr Seamus McGrath Seamus McGrath
10 GAY FANDANGO 9.0 Timmy Murphy   M Vincent O'Brien
11 OUR PAL 9.0 Tommy Carberry   M Cunningham
12 GIGGERY 9.0 M Kennedy Mrs J J Prendergast Seamus McGrath
  Betting        
10/11 fav Grundy        
6/1 Monsanto        
10/1 Mark Anthony        

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