The 100th running of the Irish 2000 Guineas was held on Friday 12th June 2020 over 1 mile of The Curragh. The winner received €142,500 and was owned by Khalid Abdullah, trained by Ger Lyons and ridden by Colin Keane. The winner won by 1 3/4 lengths in 1 minute 38.49 seconds, with 3/4 length between second and third. The race was run in strange circumstances, with no crowd, and officials in masks because of the coronavirus outbreak.

IRISH 2000 GUINEAS 2020

SISKIN (Bay colt by First Defence out of Bird Flown) SR 1976

The winning owner won €142,500

The Youtube link below is a 4 minute 15 second clip of the 2020 Irish 2000 Guineas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIwGOuuoof0

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Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 SISKIN 9.0 Colin Keane Khalid Abdullah Ger Lyons
2 VATICAN CITY 9.0 Padraig Beggy Magnier, Tabor, Smith Aidan O'Brien
3 LOPE Y FERNANDEZ 9.0 Seamie Heffernan Magnier, Tabor, Smith Aidan O'Brien
4 ARMOURY 9.0 Wayne Lordan Magnier, Tabor, Smith Aidan O'Brien
5 FISCAL RULES 9.0 Kevin Manning Mrs J S Bolger Jim Bolger
6 SINAWANN 9.0 Ronan Wheelan HH Aga Khan Mick Halford
7 MONARCH OF EGYPT 9.0 Declan McDonogh Magnier, Tabor, Smith, P M Brant Aidan O'Brien
8 ROYAL LYTHAM 9.0 Emmet McNamara Magnier, Smith, Tabor Aidan O'Brien
9 FORT MYERS 9.0 Michael Hussey Magnier, Smith, Tabor Aidan O'Brien
10 REBEL TALES 9.0 Ben Coen Pat Garvey Andrew Slattery
11 FREE SOLO 9.0 Shane Foley Niarchos Family Jessie Harrington
  Betting        
2/1 fav Siskin        
4/1 Armoury        
9/2 Lope Y Fernandez        
14/1 Vatican City        
14/1 Sinawann        
14/1 Monarch of Egypt        
14/1 Royal Lytham        
16/1 Fiscal Rules        
20/1 Free Solo        
28/1 Fort Myers        
125/1 Rebel Tale        
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