The 66th running of the Irish 2000 Guineas was held on Saturday 17th May 1986 over 1 mile of The Curragh. The winner received £97,535 and was owned by Mr Bertram Firestone, trained by Dermot Weld and ridden by Mick Kinane. The winner won by 3/4 length in 1 minute 53.4 seconds, with 4 lengths between second and third.

IRISH 2000 GUINEAS 1986

FLASH OF STEEL (Bay colt by Kris out of Spark of Fire) SR 1867

The winning owner won £97,535 (The equivalent of £271,700 in 2018 based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

The Youtube link below is a 2 minute 59 second clip of the 1986 Irish 2000 Guineas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-t2tpn_gcY

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Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 FLASH OF STEEL 9.0 Mick Kinane Mr Bertram Firestone Dermot Weld
2 MR JOHN 9.0 M T Browne Mr John Michael Liam Browne
3 SHARROOD 9.0 Willie Carson Sheikh Mohammed Dick Hern
4 HUNTINGDALE 9.0 Michael Hills Mrs P Thelfall Jeremy Hindley
5 FIORAVANTI 9.0 Christy Roche Maktoum Al Maktoum David O'Brien
6 GREEN DESERT 9.0 Walter Swinburn Maktoum Al Maktoum Michael Stoute
  Betting        
3/1 fav Sharrood        
9/2 Flash of Steel        
25/1 Mr John        

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