The 77th running of the Irish 2000 Guineas was held on Sunday 25th May 1997 over 1 mile of The Curragh. The winner received €220,000 and was owned by Mr Michael Tabor, trained by Aidan O'Brien and ridden by Christy Roche. The winner won by 3 lengths in 1 minute 38.3 seconds, with 2 lengths between second and third.

IRISH 2000 GUINEAS 1997

DESERT KING (Bay colt by Danehill out of Sabaah) SR 1944

The winning owner won €220,000 (The equivalent of £346,000 in 2018 based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

The Youtube link below is a 4 minute 10 second clip of the 1997 Irish 2000 Guineas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZmcAi65yjs

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Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 DESERT KING 9.0 Christy Roche Mr Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien
2 VERGLAS 9.0 Willie Supple Mrs A J F O'Reilly Kevin Prendergast
3 ROMANOV 9.0 Richard Hughes Robert Sangster Peter Chapple-Hyam
4 YALAIETANEE 9.0 Mick Kinane Maktoum Al Maktoum Sir Michael Stoute
5 FANTASTIC FELLOW 9.0 Brett Doyle Thoroughbred Corporation Clive Brittain
6 REVOQUE 9.0 John Reid Robert Sangster Peter Chapple-Hyam
7 MOSCONI 9.0 Kevin Manning Mr D H W Dobson Jim Bolger
8 BOB THE BROKER 9.0 P V Gilson Mr M G White Patrick Flynn
9 PEARTREE HOUSE 9.0 Dane O'Neill Mr V Greaves William Muir
10 MUSICAL PURSUIT 9.0 Pat Eddery B Schmidt-Bodner Mark Tompkins
11 ROYAL AMARETTO 9.0 Olivier Peslier Harlequin Partnership Brian Meehan
12 SHAREMONO 9.0 Seamie Heffernan Yasushi Rokuroda Aidan O'Brien
  Betting        
11/10 fav Revoque        
3/1 Desert King        
7/1 Royal Amaretto        
8/1 Yalaietanee        
11/1 Romanov        
20/1 Peartree House        
20/1 Musical Pursuit        
33/1 Verglas        
33/1 Fantastic Fellow        
50/1 Mosconi        
100/1 Sharemono        
200/1 Bob The Broker        
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