Irish 2000 Guineas Trends 2025

May 22, 2025
Andy Newton

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 16 runnings - including again in 2023 with Paddington. While, in total, O’Brien has won the race a staggering 12 times.

Last year's 2000 Guineas runner-up Rosallion won the race and Field Of Gold, who was also second in the Newmarket classic this season, bids to repeat the feat.

We take a look back at past winners, plus have all the key trends ahead of the 2025 Irish 2,000 Guineas – run on Saturday 24th May 2025 – did you know that 21 of the last 23 winners had raced in the last 4 weeks, while 16 of the last 23 ran at Newmarket last time out?

Recent Irish 2,000 Guineas Winners

2024 - ROSALLION (10/11 fav)
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

21/23 – Had run within the last 4 weeks
19/23 – Had won over either 7f or 1m before
18/23 – Had won between 1-4 times before
17/23 – Favourites that finished in the top two
17/23 – Returned 5/1 or shorter in the betting
17/23 – Came from the top 3 in the betting
16/23 – Drawn in stall 4 or lower
16/23 – Ran at Newmarket last time out
15/23 – Had run at the Curragh before
15/23 – Irish bred
15/23 – Winning distance – 2 lengths or less
11/23 – Had won a Group 1 race before
11/23 – Winning favourites
10/23 – Trained by a UK-based stable
9/23 – Unplaced last time out
9/23 – Trained by Aidan O’Brien (12 wins in total)
9/23 – Won last time out
5/23 – Won the 2,000 Guineas (Newmarket) that season
4 of the last 11 winners came from stall 1
11 of the last 12 winners came from stalls 6 or lower
The average winning SP in the last 23 years is 9/2
Rock of Gibraltar (2002), Cockney Rebel (2007), Henrythenavigator (2008), Gleneagles (2015) & Churchill (2017) - all did the English/Irish 2,000 Guineas double