The 56th running of the Irish 2000 Guineas was held on Saturday 15th May 1976 over 1 mile of The Curragh. The winner received £30,444 and was owned by Mr A D Brennan, trained by Kevin Prendergast and ridden by Gabriel Curran. The winner won by a short head in 1 minute 42.8 seconds, with 1 length between second and third.

IRISH 2000 GUINEAS 1976

NORTHERN TREASURE (Chestnut colt by Northfields out of Place D'Etoile) SR 1931

The winning owner won £30,444 (The equivalent of £208,300 in 2018 based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

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Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 NORTHERN TREASURE 9.0 Gabriel Curran Mr A D Brennan Kevin Prendergast
2 COMERAM 9.0 Lester Piggott   De Tarragon
3 LUCKY WEDNESDAY 9.0 Christy Roche   Con Collins
4 CAPTAIN MEMORY 9.0 Wally Swinburn   Liam Browne
5 BRANDON HILL 9.0 Roy Carroll Mr Kevin O'Donnell Paddy Pullins
6 THE CHAPLIN 9.0 Tony Murray   Palmer
7 ARAPAHO 9.0 Joe Mercer   Dick Hern
8 NORTHERN SPRING 9.0 Gianfranco Dettori   Luca Cumani
9 POACHERS MOON 9.0 George McGrath   Seamus McGrath
10 WOLVERLIFE 9.0 R Parnell   H Nugent
11 NORTHERN VIEW 9.0 Johnny Roe   S Quirke
12 FESTIVE MORN 9.0 Timmy Murphy   M Vincent O'Brien
13 PATRIS 9.0 Willie Carson Captain Marcos Lemos Clive Brittain
14 DUNMURRY BOY 9.0 Johnny Seagrave   Snowy Wainwright
15 GODODIN 9.0 M Kennedy   Seamus McGrath
16 RHENUS 9.0 J Corr   Saver
17 TAMPA 9.0 Bruce Raymond   Paul Cole
  Betting        
2/1 fav Comeram        
20/1 Lucky Wednesday        
33/1 Northern Treasure        

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