The 67th running of the Irish 2000 Guineas was held on Saturday 16th May 1987 over 1 mile of The Curragh. The winner received £97,250 and was owned by Mr James Horgan, trained by Richard Hannon and ridden by Willie Carson. The winner won by 1/2 length in 1 minute 38.0 seconds, with 2 lengths between second and third. Joint favourite Ajdal was disqualified and placed last because his jockey failed to weigh in.

IRISH 2000 GUINEAS 1987

DON'T FORGET ME (Bay colt by Ahonoora out of African Doll) SR 1909

The winning owner won £97,250 (The equivalent of £260,000 in 2018 based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

The Youtube link below is a 1 minute 4 second clip of the 1987 Irish 2000 Guineas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvryNTuLQJE

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Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 DON'T FORGET ME 9.0 Willie Carson Mr James Horgan Richard Hannon
2 ENTITLED 9.0 Declan Gillespie Robert Sangster M Vincent O'Brien
3 STATELY DON 9.0 Christy Roche   David O'Brien
4 BIG SHUFFLE 9.0 Mick Kinane Moyglare Stud Farm S Weld
5 BABA KARAM 9.0 Cash Asmussen Robert Sangster M Vincent O'Brien
6 ISLAND REEF 9.0 Gabriel Curran    
7 KAMPLIGHT 9.0 Steve Craine    
Disq AJDAL 9.0 Walter Swinburn Sheikh Mohammed Michael Stoute
  Betting        
6/4 jf Ajdal        
6/4 jf Don't Forget Me        
10/1 Entitled        
25/1 Stately Don        

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