The 59th running of the Irish 2000 Guineas was held on Saturday 12th May 1979 over 1 mile of The Curragh. The winner received £48,412 and was owned by Mrs Jean-Pierre Binet, trained by Mick O'Toole and ridden by Tony Murray. The winner won by 4 lengths in 1 minute 50.6 seconds, with 2 lengths between second and third.

IRISH 2000 GUINEAS 1979

DICKENS HILL (Chestnut colt by Mount Hagen out of London Life) SR 2017

The winning owner won £48,412 (The equivalent of £232,900 in 2018 based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

The Youtube link below is a 2 minute 2 second clip of the 1979 Irish 2000 Guineas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpnOpsJjrbI

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Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 DICKENS HILL 9.0 Tony Murray Mrs Jean-Pierre Binet Mick O'Toole
2 BROTHER PHILIPS 9.0 Christy Roche   Con Collins
3 MISTER NIALL 9.0 Gabriel Curran   Liam Browne
4 ART AND SPARKS 9.0 Wally Swinburn   Dermot Weld
5 GERALD MARTIN 9.0 Lester Piggott   Liam Browne
6 HARD ABOUT 9.0 Timmy Murphy   O'Grady
7 MAGIC NORTH 9.0 Mick Kinane   Michael Kauntze
8 PITSVILLE 9.0 Declan Gillespie   Jim Bolger
9 TRIBAL WARRIOR 9.0 Tony Ives   Ron Boss
  Betting        
5/2 Dickens Hill        
33/1 Art and Sparks        
33/1 Mister Niall        
200/1 Brother Philips        

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