Field Of Gold flies clear to claim Irish 2000 Guineas glory

Evens favourite Field Of Gold, with Colin Keane aboard, won by three and three-quarter lengths from Cosmic Year.
Field Of Gold flies clear to claim Irish 2000 Guineas glory

Colin Keane on Field of Gold wins The Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas (Group 1). PIc: ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy

Field Of Gold, quite spectacularly, made amends for his narrow defeat at Newmarket and gave Juddmonte Farms a third success in the Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas, the feature on a marathon nine-race card on Saturday afternoon at the Curragh.

Following in the footsteps of his sire, Kingman, and Siskin, who carried the famous green, pink and white silks to victory in this race in 2014 and 2020 respectively, the grey colt was drawn wide and maintained that position for most of the race.

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