Stablemate Poetic Flare beaten by a short headVan Gogh finishes third in the difficult conditionsMac Swiney edged out stable companion Poetic Flare to win the
Irish 2,000 Guineas in difficult conditions and give trainer Jim Bolger a one-two at the Curragh.
The race was run in a heavy rain shower as Rory Cleary, riding by far the biggest winner of his career, set out to make all on Mac Swiney, and his rivals dropped away one by one.