The 78th running of the Irish 2000 Guineas was held on Sunday 23rd May 1998 over 1 mile of The Curragh. The winner received €220,000 and was owned by the Lucayan Stud, trained by David Loder and ridden by Olivier Peslier. The winner won by 3 lengths in 1 minute 35.8 seconds, with 1 length between second and third.

IRISH 2000 GUINEAS 1998

DESERT PRINCE (Bay colt by Green Desert out of Flying Fairy) SR 2015

The winning owner won €220,000 (The equivalent of £334,600 in 2018 based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

The Youtube link below is a 2 minute 56 second clip of the 1998 Irish 2000 Guineas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cCeaCuxI30

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Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 DESERT PRINCE 9.0 Olivier Peslier Lucayan Stud David Loder
2 FA-EQ 9.0 Frankie Dettori Godolphin Saeed Bin Suroor
3 SECOND EMPIRE 9.0 Christy Roche Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien
4 BIANCONI 9.0 Walter Swinburn Mrs Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien
5 COCONUT CREEK 9.0 Seamie Heffernan Mrs Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien
6 TWO-TWENY-TWO 9.0 Mick Kinane Moyglare Stud Farm Dermot Weld
7 UNTOLD STORY 9.0 Pat Smullen Moyglare Stud Farm Dermot Weld
  Betting        
4/5 fav Second Empire        
7/2 Fa-Eq        
11/2 Bianconi        
8/1 Desert Prince        
8/1 Two-Twenty-Two        
100/1 Coconut Creek        
200/1 Untold Story        
  Over round 117%        

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