The 70th running of the Irish 1000 Guineas was held on Saturday 25th May 1991 over 1 mile of The Curragh. The winner won €133,000. The winner was owned by Mr M Haga, trained by Michael Kauntze and ridden by W J O'Connor. The winner won by 3 lengths in 1 minute 37.2 seconds, with 1 1/2 lengths between second and third.

IRISH 1000 GUINEAS 1991

KOOYONGA (Chestnut filly by Persian Bold out of Anjuli) SR 1894

The winning owner won €133,000, (The equivalent of £245,000 in 2018 based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

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Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 KOOYONGA 9.0 W J O'Connor Mr M Haga Michael Kauntze
2 JULIE LA ROUSSE 9.0 Johnny Murtagh Mr Malcolm Parrish Angel Penna
3 UMNIYATEE 9.0 Willie Carson Hamdan Al Maktoum Ben Hanbury
4 BLUE DAISY 9.0 R J Griffiths Sheikh Mohammed John Oxx
5 RUA D'ORO 9.0 Lester Piggott Mrs M V O'Brien M Vincent O'Brien
6 INISHDALLA 9.0 Mick Kinane Mrs Meg Mullion Dermot Weld
7 LADY OLEIN 9.0 Pat Shanahan Earl of Dunraven Con Collins
8 IRISH LINNET 9.0 J-L Samyn Mr A Delaney Lee O'Brien
9 PASTORALE 9.0 Steve Cauthen Sheikh Mohammed John Gosden
10 NORDIC SOPRANO 9.0 Christy Roche Mrs Catherine Shubotham Jim Bolger
11 BOLD JESSIE 9.0 Kevin Manning Mr Edwin K Cleveland Mrs P V Doyle
12 HIMIKO 9.0 Billy Newnes Y Ito Barry Hills
  Betting        
2/1 fav Rua D'Oro        
4/1 Kooyonga        
6/1 Pastorale        
6/1 Umniyatee        
8/1 Irish Linnet        
11/1 Inishdalla        
16/1 Julie La Rousse        
25/1 Himiko        
25/1 Blue Daisy        
33/1 Nordic Soprano        
66/1 Lady Olein        
100/1 Bold Jessie        
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