The 61st running of the Irish 2000 Guineas was held on Saturday 16th May 1981 over 1 mile of The Curragh. The winner received £65,360 and was owned by Mrs Jean-Pierre Binet, trained by M Vincent O'Brien and ridden by Pat Eddery. The winner won by a neck in 1 minute 47.7 seconds, with 3/4 length between second and third. Kings Lake was first passed the post and was initially disqualified but then reinstated.

IRISH 2000 GUINEAS 1981

KINGS LAKE (Bay colt by Nijinsky out of Fish-Bar) SR 2059

The winning owner won £65,360 (The equivalent of £238,200 in 2018 based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

The Youtube link below is a 2 minute 6 second clip of the 1981 Irish 2000 Guineas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzjjauWFkQc

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Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 KINGS LAKE 9.0 Pat Eddery Mrs Jean-Pierre Binet M Vincent O'Brien
2 TO-AGORI-MOU 9.0 Greville Starkey Mrs A Muinos Guy Harwood
3 PRINCE ECHO 9.0 Steve Craine   Liam Browne
4 MATTABOY 9.0 Tony Murray   Robert Armstrong
5 DANCE BID 9.0 Wally Swinburn Mr John Cook Dermot Weld
6 LIGHT HERE 9.0 Christy Roche   Liam Browne
7 NOBLE MONK 9.0 Pat Shanahan   Con Collins
8 ORE 9.0 Gabriel Curran Mr Patrick Prendergast Kevin Prendergast
9 SIERRA WIND 9.0 Mick Kinane   Liam Browne
10 SWALLANGA 9.0 Declan Gillespie   Dessie Hughes
11 BOUNDARY BAY 9.0 George McGrath   Mick O'Toole
12 LORD TRENDY 9.0 P Gilson   A Redmond
13 MANILLA BAY 9.0 Roy Carroll   M Cunningham
  Betting        
9/10 fav To-Agori-Mou        
5/1 Kings Lake        
16/1 Prince Echo        

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