The 82nd running of the Irish 2000 Guineas was held on Sunday 25th May 2002 over 1 mile of The Curragh. The winner received €237,340 and was owned by Mrs Sue Magnier and Alex Ferguson, trained by Aidan O'Brien and ridden by Mick Kinane. The winner won by 1 1/2 lengths in 1 minute 47.3 seconds, with 3 lengths between second and third.

IRISH 2000 GUINEAS 2002

ROCK OF GIBRALTAR (Bay colt by Danehill out of Offshore Boom) SR 2063

The winning owner won €237,340 (The equivalent of £331,000 in 2018 based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

The Youtube link below is a 1 minute 54 second clip of the 2002 Irish 2000 Guineas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4Movl19Oho
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Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 ROCK OF GIBRALTAR 9.0 Mick Kinane Mrs Sue Magnier, Mr Alex Ferguson Aidan O'Brien
2 CENTURY CITY 9.0 Seamie Heffernan Mrs Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien
3 DELLA FRANCESCA 9.0 Colm O'Donoghue Mr Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien
4 FOREIGN ACCENT 9.0 Jimmy Fortune Manton Racing Partnership John Gosden
5 SURVEYOR 9.0 Johnny Murtagh HH Aga Khan John Oxx
6 NOSTRADAMUS 9.0 P J Scallan Mrs Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien
7 SIGHTS ON GOLD 9.0 Pat Smullen Moyglare Stud Farm Dermot Weld
  Betting        
4/7 fav Rock of Gibraltar        
6/1 Century City        
10/1 Surveyor        
11/1 Foreign Accent        
14/1 Sights on Gold        
20/1 Della Francesca        
25/1 Nostradamus        
  Over round 111%        

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