The 96th running of the Irish 2000 Guineas was held on Sunday 21st May 2016 over 1 mile of The Curragh. The winner received €171,000 and was owned by Hamdan Al Maktoum, trained by Kevin Prendergast and ridden by Chris Hayes. The winner won by 2 1/2 lengths in 1 minute 45.26 seconds, with 4 1/4 lengths between second and third.

IRISH 2000 GUINEAS 2016

AWTAAD (Brown colt by Cape Cross out of Asheerah) SR 1953

The winning owner won €171,000 (The equivalent of £159,600 in 2018 based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

The Youtube link below is a 2 minute 8 second clip of the 2016 Irish 2000 Guineas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcIF3Y-t2T0

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Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 AWTAAD 9.0 Chris Hayes Hamdan Al Maktoum Kevin Prendergast
2 GALILEO GOLD 9.0 Frankie Dettori Al Shaqab Racing Hugo Palmer
3 BLUE DE VEGA 9.0 Colin Keane Qatar Racing, HH Sheikh Al Than M D O'Callaghan
4 BRAVERY 9.0 Donnacha O'Brien Mr Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien
5 SHOGUN 9.0 Colm O'Donoghue Mr Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien
6 AIR VICE MARSHALL 9.0 Seamie Heffernan Smith, Magnier, Tabor, Joseph Allen Aidan O'Brien
7 AIR FORCE BLUE 9.0 Ryan Moore Smith, Magnier, Tabor Aidan O'Brien
8 SANUS PER AQUAM 9.0 Kevin Manning Mrs J Bolger, John Corcoran Jim Bolger
  Betting        
5/4 fav Galileo Gold        
4/1 Air Force Blue        
9/2 Awtaad        
7/1 Blue De Vega        
10/1 Air Vice Marshall        
16/1 Sanus Per Aquam        
20/1 Shogun        
33/1 Bravery        
  Over round 118%        

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