The 92nd running of the Irish 2000 Guineas was held on Sunday 26th May 2012 over 1 mile of The Curragh. The winner received €174,000 and was owned by Mrs Sue Magnier, Mr Derrick Smith and Mr Michael Tabor, trained by Aidan O'Brien and ridden by Joseph O'Brien. The winner won by a length in 1 minute 39.04 seconds, with 3/4 length between second and third.

IRISH 2000 GUINEAS 2012

POWER (Bay colt by Oasis Dream out of Frappe) SR 1793

The winning owner won €174,000 (The equivalent of £176,300 in 2018 based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

The Youtube link below is a 1 minute 51 second clip of the 2012 Irish 2000 Guineas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvTkUNyEgUg

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Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 POWER 9.0 Joseph O'Brien Sue Magnier, Derrick Smith, Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien
2 FOXTROT ROMEO 9.0 N G McCullagh Mr Andrew Tinkler Bryan Smart
3 REPLY 9.0 Fran Berry Magnier, Tabor, Smith, Mordukhovitch Aidan O'Brien
4 DADDY LONG LEGS 9.0 Colm O'Donoghue Smith, Magnier, Tabor Aidan O'Brien
5 BORN TO SEA 9.0 Pat Smullen Christopher Tsui John Oxx
6 HERMIVAL 9.0 Gregory Benoist HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Thani M Delzangles
7 WROTE 9.0 Seamie Heffernan Smith, Magnier, Tabor Aidan O'Brien
8 ALKAZIM 9.0 Wayne Lordan Mohammed Kazim Al Ansari David Wachman
9 TAKAR 9.0 Johnny Murtagh HH Aga Khan John Oxx
10 TRUMPET MAJOR 9.0 Richard Hughes Mr John Manley Richard Hannon
  Betting        
9/4 fav Trumpet Major        
4/1 Hermival        
5/1 Power        
6/1 Takar        
7/1 Daddy Long Legs        
9/1 Born To Sea        
12/1 Wrote        
25/1 Reply        
33/1 Foxtrot Romeo        
40/1 Alkazim        
  Over round 122%        

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