Irish 2000 Guineas Trends 2024

Staged at The Curragh racecourse the Irish 2,000 Guineas is a Group One class race for 3 year-olds only. Run over 1m the contest normally takes place each year in May and was first run in 1921.

Horses that contested the English 2,000 Guineas often go onto run in this race, while winners of the Irish 2,000 Guineas tend to take in the St James’s Palace Stakes, at Royal Ascot.

Trainer Aidan O’Brien has won 5 of the last 15 runnings - including again last year with the classy Paddington. While, in total, O’Brien has won the race a staggering 12 times.

We take a look back at past winners, plus have all the key trends ahead of the 2024 Irish 2,000 Guineas – run on Saturday 25th May 2025 – did you know that 20 of the last 22 winners had raced in the last 4 weeks, while 15 of the last 22 ran at Newmarket last time out?

The English 2000 Guineas runner-up Rosallion is currently heading the beating as this Blue Point colt looks to give the Hannon yard their fourth win in the race - but the first for Richard Hannon Jr!

Recent Irish 2,000 Guineas Winners

2023 - PADDINGTON (3/1)
2022 - NATIVE TRAIL (2/5 fav)
2021 - MAC SWINEY (8/1)
2020 – SISKIN (2/1 fav)
2019 – PHOENIX OF SPAIN (16/1)
2018 – ROMANISED (25/1)
2017 – CHURCHILL (4/9 fav)
2016 – AWTAAD (9/2)
2015 – GLENEAGLES (2/5 fav)
2014 – KINGMAN (4/5 fav)
2013 – MAGICIAN (10/3)
2012 – POWER (5/1)
2011 – RODERIC O’CONNOR (7/2)
2010 – CANFORD CLIFFS (9/4 fav)
2009 – MASTERCRAFTSMAN (6/4 fav)
2008 – HENRYTHENAVIGATOR (5/4)
2007 – COCKNEY REBEL (6/4 fav)
2006 – ARAAFA (12/1)
2005 – DUBAWI (7/4 jfav)
2004 – BACHELOR (12/1)
2003 – INDIAN HAVEN (8/1)
2002 – ROCK OF GIBRALTAR (4/7 fav)

Irish 2000 Guineas Betting Trends and Stats

20/22 – Had run within the last 4 weeks
18/22 – Had won over either 7f or 1m before
17/22 – Had won between 1-4 times before
16/22 – Favourites that finished in the top two
16/22 – Returned 5/1 or shorter in the betting
16/22 – Came from the top 3 in the betting
16/22 – Drawn in stall 4 or lower
15/22 – Ran at Newmarket last time out
15/22 – Had run at the Curragh before
14/22 – Irish bred
14/22 – Winning distance – 2 lengths or less
11/22 – Had won a Group 1 race before
10/22 – Winning favourites
9/22 – Unplaced last time out
9/22 – Trained by a UK-based stable
9/22 – Trained by Aidan O’Brien (12 wins in total)
9/22 – Won last time out
5/22 – Won the 2,000 Guineas (Newmarket) that season
4 of the last 10 winners came from stall 1
10 of the last 11 winners came from stalls 6 or lower
The average winning SP in the last 22 years is 5/1
Rock of Gibraltar (2002), Cockney Rebel (2007), Henrythenavigator (2008), Gleneagles (2015) & Churchill (2017) - all did the English/Irish 2,000 Guineas double

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