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First Instinct

Horse Form Profile

Age: 4 years

Owner: Dunchurch Lodge Stud Company

Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

5th

2

(4)

23rd Aug 2026

Good

0m 5f 205y

16:00 Naas

First Instinct

9st 7lb

J: Cieren Fallon

T: William Haggas

4yo represents last year's winning yard; four-time winner including at Listed and Group 3 level; slow start to this season but back on song when denied by a neck by Flora Of Bermuda in a York Group 3 (6f, gd-fm) last month; firmly enters calculations now.

9/4

2nd

2

(5)

10th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

0m 6f 0y

Class 1

14:45 York

First Instinct

9st 6lb

J: Cieren Fallon

T: William Haggas

Won a Cork Listed race (5.5f, good) and Newbury Group 3 (5f, good to soft) in 2025 but hasn't got close to that form in two 5f starts this year, albeit it was a Royal Ascot Group 1 latterly; won over 6f on good to firm at the start of her career.

12/1

22th

15

(7)

16th Jun 2026

Good To Firm

0m 5f 0y

Class 1

15:40 Ascot

First Instinct

9st 4lb

J: Cieren Fallon

T: William Haggas

Useful 5f form as a 3yo, inching forward again when gaining a narrow win over Shagraan in a Group 3 at Newbury (5f, good to soft; acts on good) last September; she was entitled to need the run behind Night Raider at Newmarket in April but a big advance on her form is needed.

66/1

9th

3

(13)

2nd May 2026

Good

0m 5f 0y

Class 1

14:55 Newmarket

First Instinct

9st 9lb

J: Tom Marquand

T: William Haggas

Down the field from a poor draw in the Group 1 Abbaye at Longchamp in October but had previously confirmed herself an improving 3yo when beating Shagraan in a Group 3 at Newbury (5f, good to soft; acts well on good); has hopes of doing better as a 4yo but this is a tough start to the year.

14/1