The 8th running of the Irish 1000 Guineas was held on Wednesday 24th April 1929 over 1 mile of The Curragh. A pot of 1000 Guineas was available, 50 guineas to the second and 30 guineas to the third. The winner was owned by Mr Charles Mackean, trained by Colonel Arthur Blake and ridden by E Martin Quirke. The winner won by 3 lengths, with a short head between second and third. |
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IRISH 1000 GUINEAS 1929
SOLOPTIC (Chestnut filly by Soldennis out of Dark Eyes) SR 1936
The winning owner won £1020, (The equivalent of £61,600 in 2018 based on Bank of England inflation calculator). |
 
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| Pos. |
Horse |
Weight |
Jockey |
Owner |
Trainer |
| 1 |
SOLOPTIC |
9.7 |
E Martin Quirke |
Mr Charles Mackean |
Colonel A Blake |
| 2 |
FLOWER SONG |
9.0 |
Morny Wing |
Sir B Mahon |
Grundy |
| 3 |
TRINCOMALEE |
9.4 |
Henri Jelliss |
Mr G Deane |
Lawson |
| 4 |
SLANTHE |
9.0 |
Jack Moyland |
Mr E Delany |
E Delany |
| 5 |
BOWER OF ROSES |
9.0 |
M Barrett |
Captain Dixon |
J J Parkinson |
| 6 |
LEMNAHYE |
9.0 |
Joe Canty |
Mr Harold S Gray |
Philip Behan |
| 7 |
GOLDEN SILENCE |
9.0 |
Joe Childs |
Colonel Giles Loder |
Peter P Gilpin |
| 8 |
DOLORES |
9.0 |
A Barrett |
Countess McCormack |
F More O'Ferrall |
| 9 |
TOY QUEEN |
9.0 |
P Donoghue |
Mr C B Clarke |
Barthropp |
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Betting |
TRAINER PROFILE
Arthur Blake was born in 1884 and after a spell in the Armed Forces, when he rose to the position on Colonel, he became a racehorse trainer. His training career was based at Heath House Stables in Maryborough, Portlaoise from where he became Champion Irish Trainer on 3 occasions, 1929, 1930 and again in 1938. In all he trained 17 Irish Classic winners which included two Irish Derby winners, firstly in 1938 with Rosewell (SR 1904) and again in 1941 with Sol Oriens (SR 1932). He died in 1974. |
| 2/1 fav |
Trincomalee |
| 9/4 |
Soloptic |
| 3/1 |
Golden Silence |
| 7/1 |
Flower Song |
| 100/8 |
Toy Queen |
| 20/1 |
Bower of Roses |
| 20/1 |
Dolores |
| 100/1 |
Lemnahye |
| 100/1 |
Slanthe |
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