The Irish 2,000 Guineas is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland which is open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at the Curragh over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in May.

It is important to watch performances at Newmarket before deciding on a favourite for the Irish race. Over the last years many horses, most recently, Henrythenavigator in 2008 and Cockney Rebel in 2007 have secured doubles, winning both the British and Irish 2000 Guineas.

Here are some statistics for the past 10 years:
Recent/Past Form
9 of 10 winners won first time out as a 2yo (exception was a maiden before winning this)
10 of 10 winners had had 4 to 8 career starts
10 of 10 winners had run that season
10 of 10 winners ran in the last 21 days
7 of 10 winners had won over 7F or 8F
8 of 10 winners had won a group or listed race (other 2 placed in group company)
8 of 10 winners (last 7) finished in first 4 in a group 1 (5 won)
4 of 10 winners had won at the Curragh (5 of 6 exceptions were having their first course start)

Trainers
Some of the top flat racing trainers to back include Aidan O'Brien, Jim Bolger, Dermot Weld and Jeremy Noseda.

10 of 10 winners were trained by Aidan O'Brien or in Great Britain
Aidan O'Brien (4-7-36) has won 4 of the last 10 however his runners have made up almost a third of the total to go to post in the race in the past 10 years.
British-trained runners (6-3-27) have won 6 of the past 10 runnings.
Richard Hannon (1-1-3), Saeed Bin Suroor (1-0-1) and Jeremy Noseda (1-0-1) are the only other trainers with entrants to have won it in the past 10 years.
Jim Bolger (0-4-7) and John Oxx (0-2-5) have each saddled multiple placed runners.

Price
9 of 10 winners (last 9) came from the first 4 in the betting
Favourites (5-5-11) have won 5 of the last 10 and show a level stakes profit of 1.20 over past 10 years.

2000 Bachir - S B Surroor - L Dettori
2001 Black Minnaloushe - AP Brien - M Kinane
2002 Rock of Gibraltar - AP O'Brien - M Kinane
2003 Indian Haven - Paul D'Arcy - John Egan
2004 Bachelor Duke - James Toller - Seb Sanders
2005 Dubawi - Saeed bin Suroor - L Dettori
2006 Araafa - J Noseda - A Munroe
2007 Cockney Rebel - Geoff Huffer - Seb Sanders
2008 Henrythenavagator - Aidan O'Brien - Johnny Murtagh
2009 Mastercraftsman - Aidan O'Brien - Johnny Murtagh
2010 Canford Cliffs - Richard Hannon - Richard Hughes