Gut Instinct (USA) Horse
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Gut Instinct is a 6yo bay horse from the United States trained by Jeffrey Skerrett. He is by the stallion Cairo Prince out of the dam Fine Instincts. So far, Gut Instinct has captured five wins. On 1 Oct 2024 at Thistledown, he earned his most valuable victory, taking the $27999.00 purse in Race 7.
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| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Thistledown 17-Sep-26 1609m FIRM R1 Race 1 (of $28,070) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:37.980, SP: 13.00 reared then came down with his head over the side off the stall in the gate, spotted the field a sixteenth of a mile and was never close. 1st Runwithheart ( A Chavez 119 ) 2nd Oliverio ( F S Becerra 121 ) 5.25L 3rd Puff'smagicdragon ( E Barbaran 119 ) 5.35L 6th Gut Instinct ( J Skerrett 123 , Cd 118 ) 49.60L See full results | J Skerrett 55.8kg, Cd 53.5kg 49.6kgL | 6 (6) |
| Thistledown 02-Sep-26 1609m FIRM R6 Race 6 $12,676 (of $20,121) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:39.680, SP: 4.33 with the second flight inside, altered course four wide nearing the furlong marker, rallied determinedly under right handed urging and was along in time. 1st Gut Instinct ( J Skerrett 123 , Cd 116 ) 2nd Big Bucksalot ( R Bowen 123 ) 0.50L 3rd Carillo ( L Gonzalez 123 ) 0.75L See full results | J Skerrett 55.8kg, Cd 52.6kg | 1 (7) |
| Thistledown 21-Aug-26 1609m FIRM R4 Race 4 $10,827 (of $17,186) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:40.640, SP: 2.25 stalked the pace three wide, rallied to make the lead at the top of the stretch, responded full of run under right then left handed urging and won going away. 1st Gut Instinct ( J Skerrett 123 , Cd 116 ) 2nd Digital Footprint ( M Cedillo 123 ) 3.25L 3rd Bucket List ( E Paucar 123 ) 2.50L See full results | J Skerrett 55.8kg, Cd 52.6kg | 1 (5) |
| Mahoning Valley 02-Dec-25 1610m R7 Race 7 $419 (of $41,890) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:39.280, SP: 15.00 trailed after the first turn, no factor. 1st Eddie M ( A Chavez 124 ) 2nd Atkins ( A Crispin 124 ) 0.75L 3rd John's Rock ( E Greenidge 124 ) 0.75L 8th Gut Instinct ( E Barbaran 126 ) 14.25L See full results | E Barbaran 57.2kg 14.25L | 8 (8) |
| Mahoning Valley 04-Nov-25 1610m R3 Race 3 $25,419 (of $40,347) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:40.860, SP: 5.50 1st Gut Instinct ( E Barbaran 124 ) 2nd Big Lucky ( E Barbaran 124 ) 0.00L 3rd Sock It To Me ( D Parker 124 ) 13.50L See full results | E Barbaran 56.2kg 2nd Big Lucky ( E Barbaran 56.2kg 0.00L | 1 (6) |