Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas
Group 1, Curragh 15:40
€500,000 guaranteed,
3yo only, 1m   
Saturday 24th May 2025

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1 Field Of Gold EvsF
2 Cosmic Year 4/1
3 Hotazhell 9/1
9 ran Distances: 3¾l, ¾l, ¾l
Time: 1m 36.58s (fast by 0.12s)

Field Of Gold atoned for his narrow Newmarket reversal in splendid fashion today, storming to victory on the Curragh’s immaculate turf. Having been pipped by just half a length under Kieran Shoemark three weeks earlier, the Gosden-trained colt was handed the leg-up by Colin Keane and never looked in any danger as he quickened away from his rivals with consummate ease.

Breaking smoothly from the stalls as the even-money favourite, Field Of Gold bided his time behind the early fractions before Keane sent him forward two furlongs from home. Thereafter, it was a matter of when—not if. He surged clear to register a cosy three-and-three-quarter–length success over his Juddmonte-owned stablemate Cosmic Year, with Hotazhell another three-quarters of a length back in third.

John Gosden, who mirrored this exact path with Kingman in 2014, could scarcely conceal his delight. “We did it with his father, but it’s never a foregone conclusion,” he beamed after the race. “Field Of Gold is every bit as good—perhaps even better.” He paid tribute to Juddmonte’s meticulous operation on Irish soil, noting that “good horses don’t drop out of the sky,” and praised the colt’s adaptability after travelling from Newmarket.

Keane’s patient ride earned plaudits, too. “He was a true gentleman from the minute I mounted,” the Irish champion reflected. “When I gave him his head, he felt unstoppable—he just took two or three strides and was gone.”

With Classic laurels now secured, Field Of Gold is installed as the 5-4 favourite for the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot, while connections continue to tease the prospect of a mile-and-a-quarter engagement later in the season. If yesterday’s performance is anything to go by, this rising star is only just beginning to shine.

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Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas (Group 1)
1m, €500,000 guaranteed 
9 ran
Going: Good, Good to Firm in places

POS. (DRAW) DIST HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY SP
1 (9)    Field Of Gold 3 9-2 John & Thady Gosden Colin Keane EvsF
2 (5) 3¾ Cosmic Year 3 9-2 Harry Charlton Oisin Murphy 4/1
3 (4) ¾ Hotazhell 3 9-2 Mrs John Harrington Shane Foley 9/1
4 (1) ¾ Rashabar 3 9-2 Brian Meehan Sean Levey 14/1
5 (7) nk Comanche Brave 3 9-2 Donnacha O'Brien Gavin Ryan 50/1
6 (8) ¾ Scorthy Champ 3 9-2 Joseph O'Brien Dylan Browne McMonagle 33/1
7 (3) 1½ Officer 3 9-2 A P O'Brien Ryan Moore 9/2
8 (6) nk Windlord 3 9-2 Andrew Balding Chris Hayes 25/1
9 (2) 3¾ Expanded 3 9-2 A P O'Brien Wayne Lordan 28/1

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