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Checkmate
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Trained by L O'Sullivan & A Scott at Matamata, Checkmate is a 4 year old gelding by the sire Mongolian Khan, out of the dam Signorina.

He has won a total of 3 races from 9 starts for a win percentage of 33%. His career earnings are $523k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Ellerslie on March 8th in 2025 when he won $333,713 in the The NZB Kiwi (a set weight with penalties race over 1,500 metres).

Checkmate is a top level performer, having started 6 times at group race level, with 1 win.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-240.

The gelding tends to run better on soft ground, with an average prize money per start of $69k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$523k
Starts
9
Wins
3
Second
1
Third
2
Win %
33
Place %
67
Profit
-2.4
Conditions
Good
2
1-0-0
$20k
Soft
7
2-1-2
$69k
Heavy
0
0-0-0
$0k
Race Standard
All
6
1-0-2
Group 1
2
0-0-0
Group 2
1
0-0-1
Group 3
0
0-0-0
Race Distance
1400m
5
1-1-1
-3.3
2000m
1
0-0-0
-1
1500m
3
2-0-1
+1.9
Race Track
Ellerslie
6
2-0-2
-1.1
Rosehill
1
0-0-0
-1
Te Aroha
1
1-0-0
+0.7
Te Rapa
1
0-1-0
-1
Race State
NZ
7
2-1-2
-2.1
NSW
1
0-0-0
-1
1
1-0-0
+0.7

Race History

Sep-6 25
9/16
3.6
$35.4
Ellerslie
6
1400
Proisir Plate 
$6k
$400k
L Satherley
58½
86.00
-
14
14,15
+6
Spell of 168 Days
Mar-22 25
8/11
7.2
$12
Rosehill
4
2000
Sky Racing Rosehill Guineas 
$8k
$757k
B Shinn
56½
123.25
34.52
5
7,7,9
+1
Mar-8 25
3/14
1.6
$16
Ellerslie
5
1500
The NZB Kiwi 
$375k
$3.5M
K Stott
58½
89.96
-
6
6
+3
Feb-22 25
4/10
1.5
$4.4
Ellerslie
5
1400
Trevor & Coralie Eagle Uncle Remus Stakes 
$6k
$110k
K Stott
58½
84.83
-
9
8
+4
Jan-12 25
1/7
1.5
$2.5
Ellerslie
4
1500
Cloudsoft Accounting 3yo
$32k
$55k
W Kennedy
58
90.17
-
6
6
+5
Dec-26 24
3/11
1.4
$4.3
Ellerslie
5
1400
Shaw's Wire Ropes Auckland Guineas  
$24k
$270k
W Kennedy
57
84.81
-
4
4,5
+2
Nov-30 24
1/8
1.5
$2.4
Ellerslie
5
1500
Armacup Stakes 
$58k
$100k
W Kennedy
57
90.80
-
3
3
+2
Nov-12 24
1/12
2.0
$1.7
Te Aroha
5
1400
Prima Park Mdn
$10k
$19k
M Hashizume
57
83.74
-
3
3,2
+1
Sep-27 24
2/14
0.4
$6.2
Te Rapa
6
1400
Blue & Gold Mdn
$5k
$25k
M Hashizume
57½
84.37
-
7
7,5
+3