The 59th running of the Irish 1000 Guineas was held on Saturday 24th May 1980 over 1 mile of The Curragh. The winner won £35,000. The winner was owned by Mr D Brady and Mr Craig Singer, trained by M Cunningham and ridden by Tony Murray. The winner won by 2 1/2 lengths in 1 minute 39.1 seconds, with a head between second and third.

IRISH 1000 GUINEAS 1980

CAIRN ROUGE (Brown filly by Pitcairn out of Little Hills) SR 1949

The winning owner won £35,000, (The equivalent of £143,000 in 2018 based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

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Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 CAIRN ROUGE 9.0 Tony Murray D Brady and Craig Singer M Cunningham
2 MILLINGDALE LILLIE 9.0 Lester Piggott   Charles Nelson
3 MRS PENNY 9.0 John Matthias Mr Eric Kronfeld Ian Balding
4 ARARAT 9.0 John Lowe   G Hunter
5 CONEENFORD 9.0 Yves Saint-Martin   Paddy Prendergast
6 ETOILE DE PARIS 9.0 Mick Kinane   Michael Kauntze
7 GLENARDINE 9.0 D Hogan   M Connolly
8 GOLDERA 9.0 Roy Carroll   John Oxx
9 ISLAND TIME 9.0 Declan Gillespie   Kevin Prendergast
10 MAGNIFICENT LADY 9.0 Wally Swinburn   Dermot Weld
11 MASWA 9.0 Tommy Murphy   C Magnier
12 OLINDA 9.0 Gabriel Curran   Kevin Prendergast
13 PROMINENT ROSE 9.0 S Martinez   P Russell
14 PALMOLINA 9.0 Stephen Craine   Noel Meade
15 RACQUETTE 9.0 Christy Roche   Paddy Prendergast
16 RINGSWOODY 9.0 George McGrath   Paddy Prendergast jnr
17 TIMARINE 9.0     W T Bourke
18 WELSH DELIGHT 9.0 P V Gilson   P Norris
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