The 76th running of the Irish 2000 Guineas was held on Sunday 26th May 1996 over 1 mile of The Curragh. The winner received €220,000 and was owned by the Niarchos Family, trained by Jonathan Pease and ridden by Cash Asmussen. The winner won by 2 lengths in 1 minute 38.8 seconds, with 1 1/2 lengths between second and third.

IRISH 2000 GUINEAS 1996

SPINNING WORLD (Chestnut colt by Nureyev out of Imperfect Circle) SR 2003

The winning owner won €220,000 (The equivalent of £357,000 in 2018 based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

The Youtube link below is a 1 minute 8 second clip of the 1996 Irish 2000 Guineas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHpLkyb2d4k

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Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 SPINNING WORLD 9.0 Cash Asmussen Niarchos Family Jonathan Pease
2 RAINBOW BLUES 9.0 Christy Roche Rainbows End Syndicate Aidan O'Brien
3 BEAUCHAMP KING 9.0 Mick Inane Mr Erik Penser John Dunlop
4 BIJOU D'INDE 9.0 Jason Weaver Mr J S Morrison Mark Johnston
5 TAGULA 9.0 Kevin Darley Robert and Elizabeth Hitchins Ian Balding
6 PHANTOM QUEST 9.0 Pat Eddery Khalid Abdullah Sir Henry Cecil
7 RUSSIAN REVIVAL 9.0 Frankie Dettori Godolphin Saeed Bin Surror
8 MUSICK HOUSE 9.0 Brent Thomson Robert Sangster and Mrs Sue Magnier Peter Chapple-Hyam
9 DEED OF LOVE 9.0 Kevin Manning Maktoum Al Maktoum Jim Bolger
10 FLAME OF ATHENS 9.0 Johnny Murtagh Miss P F O'Kelly Michael Grassick
  Betting        
7/4 fav Spinning World        
3/1 Bijou D'Inde        
9/2 Beauchamp King        
10/1 Phantom Quest        
11/1 Tagula        
12/1 Russian Revival        
14/1 Deed of Love        
16/1 Musick House        
40/1 Flame of Athens        
50/1 Rainbow Blues        
  Over round 122%        

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