Paddington wins Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas
Paddington and Ryan Moore gave Aidan O’Brien a 12th success in the Irish 2000 Guineas at The Curragh. Credit: David Betts.
Aidan O’Brien won the Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas for the first time since Churchill’s win in 2017 when Paddington took the colts classic at The Curragh this afternoon.
The winner, ridden by Ryan Moore, and the runner-up Cairo, under Wayne Lordan, led home a 1-2 for the Coolmore partners despite a strong British challenge in the race.
At the end of the one-mile classic Paddington has two lengths to spare over his stablemate, who was three-quarters of a length…