15:20 Curragh

Saturday 22 May 2021

All13:4514:1514:4515:2015:5516:2517:0017:30

Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas (Group 1)

Off time: 15:21 | Winning time: 1m 41.32s

1^st

(1)

Mac Swiney

39-2

8/1

T: J S BolgerJ: Rory Cleary

Made all, pushed along over 2f out, soon ridden and strongly pressed over 1f out, under pressure and kept on well inside final furlong, held on tchd 9/1

2^nd

(6)

Poetic Flare

39-2

5/1

T: J S BolgerJ: K J Manning

Tracked leaders, 5th halfway, pushed along and headway into 2nd 2f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, under pressure and kept on well inside final furlong, just failed op 9/2

3^rd

3 ¼

(2)

Van Gogh

39-2

9/2

T: A P O'BrienJ: Seamie Heffernan

Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, 3rd and pushed along 2f out, ridden over 1f out, no impression final 150 yards, kept on one pace op 5/1

4^th

1 ½

(7)

Lucky Vega

39-2

7/2f

T: Mrs J HarringtonJ: Shane Foley

Rear of mid-division, pushed along and no impression over 2f out, soon ridden and went 6th early final furlong, kept on op 4/1 tchd 10/3

5^th

(3)

Emporio

39-2

50/1

T: Donnacha O'BrienJ: Gavin Ryan

Tracked leader, 3rd halfway, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and no impression in 5th over 1f out, kept on one pace op 80/1

6^th

(4)

La Barrosa

39-2

10/1

T: C ApplebyJ: W Buick

Mid-division, 6th halfway, some headway on far side 2f out, 4th and no impression 1f out, no extra inside final furlong op 15/2

7^th

(12)

The Rosstafarian

39-2

16/1

T: H PalmerJ: Colin Keane

Towards rear, pushed along 2f out, no impression over 1f out, ridden and kept on one pace inside final furlong, never a factor op 14/1

8^th

(8)

Monaasib

39-2

14/1

T: K PrendergastJ: Chris Hayes

Held up in rear of mid-division, pushed along 2f out, ridden and no impression over 1f out, no extra op 16/1

9^th

(5)

Agrimony

39-2

18/1

T: J G MurphyJ: Gary Carroll

Mid-division, ridden and no impression 2f out, no extra from over 1f out tchd 16/1 and tchd 20/1

10^th

1 ¾

(9)

Rebel Step

39-2

150/1

T: A SlatteryJ: Ben Coen

Tracked leaders, 2nd halfway, pushed along over 2f out and soon lost place, no extra over 1f out op 125/1

11^th

(11)

Wembley

39-2

11/2

T: A P O'BrienJ: R L Moore

Always towards rear, pushed along over 2f out and soon no impression, no extra from over 1f out op 9/2

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Non-Runners

(10)

Battleground²¹

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: A P O'Brien J: Wayne Lordan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€8.70Pl:€2.70, €1.80, €1.60EX:€45.70Trifecta:€252.60Tricast:€206.17SF:€45.82

Forecasts

Lucky Vega (7/2), Van Gogh (9/2), Poetic Flare (5/1), Wembley (11/2), Mac Swiney (8/1), Battleground (8/1), La Barrosa (10/1), Monaasib (14/1), The Rosstafarian (16/1), Agrimony (18/1), Emporio (50/1), Rebel Step (150/1)

LUCKY VEGA, a Group 1 winner at the Curragh already, ran a mighty race behind Poetic Flare in the Guineas at Newmarket. He could be a real force in the mile division this year and makes plenty of appeal back on home soil. Jim Bolger's star wasn't so good in France last weekend and is back out again very quickly, but he can't be dismissed. La Barrosa and Wembley are also respected.

LUCKY VEGA (IRE)
LA BARROSA (IRE)
POETIC FLARE (IRE)

Previous Winners

2020

Siskin

Weight: 9-2 |Age: 3

J: Colin Keane | T: G M Lyons

2/1

Prize Money

1st: €232,000.002nd: €80,000.003rd: €40,000.004th: €20,000.005th: €12,000.006th: €8,000.007th: €4,000.00