The 19th running of the Irish 1000 Guineas was held on Wednesday 12th June 1940 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 E A Robinson, trained by Colonel Arthur Blake and ridden by Morny Wing. The winner won by 2 lengths, with 1 1/2 lengths between second and third. |
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IRISH 1000 GUINEAS 1940
GAINSWORTH (Bay filly by Bosworth out of Gainsly) SR 1755
The winning owner won £1020, (The equivalent of £54,300 in 2018 based on Bank of England inflation calculator). |
 
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| Pos. |
Horse |
Weight |
Jockey |
Owner |
Trainer |
| 1 |
GAINSWORTH |
9.0 |
Morny Wing |
Mr E A Robinson |
Colonel A Blake |
| 2 |
EPILOGUE |
9.0 |
T P Burns |
Major Evelyn Shirley |
Darby Rogers |
| 3 |
FYFIE |
9.0 |
Herbert Holmes |
Sir Victor Sassoon |
Darby Rogers |
| 4 |
TRIDENT |
9.0 |
A Barrett |
Major J J Hilliard |
Hilliard |
| 5 |
BIBS |
9.0 |
W Barrett |
Mr J P Maher |
Cecil Brabazon |
| 6 |
TSANA |
9.0 |
Jack Moylan |
Lt-Col Giles Loder |
Fetherstonhaugh |
| 7 |
POKER CHIP |
9.0 |
E Martin Quirke |
Sir Percy Loraine |
R More O'Ferrall |
| 8 |
MAUREEN |
9.0 |
H H Beasley |
Mr D Murray |
D Murray |
| 9 |
LITTLE WENCH |
9.0 |
Joe Canty |
Lord Milton |
Dawson |
| 10 |
UM COLSOOM |
9.0 |
J Winter |
Mr H G Wellesley |
Wellesley |
| 11 |
DAISY'S APRON |
9.0 |
W Howard |
Mr P McCavana |
H Ussher |
| 12 |
SPRING SONNET |
9.0 |
George Wells |
Mr H A C Maude |
Colonel A Blake |
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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. |
| 5/2 fav |
Fyfie |
| 4/1 |
Gainsworth |
| 4/1 |
Poker Chip |
| 6/1 |
Bibs |
| 6/1 |
Tsana |
| 10/1 |
Epilogue |
| 10/1 |
Spring Sonnet |
| 20/1 |
Daisy's Apron |
| 20/1 |
Little Wench |
| 20/1 |
Maureen |
| 20/1 |
Trident |
| 20/1 |
Um Colsoom |
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