Checkmate (NZ) 2021

Profile

4g Mongolian Khan (AUS) x Signorina (Conatus (AUS))
Foaled October 11, 2021
Career: 9 starts, 3 - 1 - 2 $522,410
Trainer: L O'sullivan & A Scott, Matamata
Ownership: Okaharau Station Ltd
Checkmate is a 4 year old gelding by Mongolian Khan out of the Conatus mare, Signorina.
Last start was 9th at Ellerslie on September 6, 2025 in the Proisir Plate (Gr.1) over 1400 metres.
Stakes performance: 1st 2024 Armacup Stakes (LR); 3rd 2024 Shaw's Wire Ropes Auckland Guineas (Gr.2); 2025 The NZB Kiwi (LR);
Mongolian Khan (AUS)
Signorina (NZ)
Holy Roman Emperor (IRE)
Centafit (NZ)
Conatus (AUS)
Donna Rossa (AUS)
Danehill (USA)
L'On Vite (USA)
Centaine (AUS)
Galopede (NZ)
Danehill (USA)
Light Up The World (AUS)
Testa Rossa (AUS)
Bionic Babe (AUS)
Danzig (USA)
Secretariat (USA)
Century (AUS)
Three Legs (GB)
Danzig (USA)
Rory's Jester (AUS)
Perugino (USA)
Geiger Counter (USA)

Race Record

4yo
6Sep25
9th
Ellerslie
Proisir Plate Gr1 1400m
Soft(6) L H Satherley (58.5) 40/1 - 1st: Quintessa (3.6L)
3yo
22Mar25
8th
Rosehill
Good(4) B Shinn (56.5) 11/1 - 1st: Broadsiding (7.2L)
3yo
8Mar25
3rd
Ellerslie
The NZB Kiwi LR 1500m
Soft(5) K Stott (58.5) 15/1 - 1st: Damask Rose (1.6L)
3yo
22Feb25
4th
Ellerslie
Soft(5) K Stott (58.5) 7/2 - 1st: Sethito (1.5L)
3yo
12Jan25
1st
Ellerslie
Good(4) W B Kennedy (58) 6/4 - 2nd: Hinekaha (1.5L)
3yo
26Dec24
3rd
Ellerslie
Soft(5) W B Kennedy (57) 7/2 - 1st: Yaldi (1.4L)
3yo
30Nov24
1st
Ellerslie
Armacup Stakes LR 1500m
Soft(5) W B Kennedy (57) 11/8 - 2nd: Bourbon Proof (1.5L)
3yo
12Nov24
1st
Te Aroha
Soft(5) M Hashizume (57) 8/11 - 2nd: Saxs 'n' Silks (2L)
3yo
27Sep24
2nd
Te Rapa
Soft(6) M Hashizume (57.5) 5/1 - 1st: Midnight Edition (0.4L)