Chequer Square (IRE) Horse

Country

Ireland

Foal Date

01-May-19

Colour

bay

Sire

Lope De Vega

Trainer

P J Gilligan

Owners

Gerald Love

About

Chequer Square is a 6yo b from Ireland trained by P J Gilligan. It is sired by the stallion Lope De Vega out of the dam Newsletter. Chequer Square has yet to win a race, having not broken its maiden status from 20 attempts. In its most recent race at Ballinrobe on 15th Aug 2023, Chequer Square was ridden by D J Gilligan and finished unplaced, behind the winner Spanish John.

Race Record

Event Summary Runner Stats Rank
Ballinrobe 15-Aug-23 3349m SOFT R4 Clhcph (of $10,500), Winning Time: 04:11.200 D J Gilligan 73kg, Cd 0 UPD (16)
Sligo 09-Jul-23 3396m GOOD R1 CLMdH (of $6,300), Winning Time: 04:07.010, SP: 66/1 Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, pushed along approaching 2 out, soon ridden and no impression, kept on one pace J G Gilligan 69.4kg, Cd 0 28.25L 5 (10)
Ballinrobe 31-May-23 3255m GOOD R5 CLHcpH (of $6,900), Winning Time: 04:08.000, SP: 80/1 Towards rear, ridden in 10th after 2 out, soon no impression J G Gilligan 65.8kg, Cd 0 18.75L 10 (15)
Ballinrobe 03-May-23 3345m SOFT R3 CLHcpH (of $6,300), Winning Time: 04:19.800, SP: 66/1 Mid-division, moderate 7th halfway, slight mistake 3 out and dropped towards rear, no extra from next, well behind and pulled up before last J G Gilligan 70.3kg, Cd 0 UPD (14)
Kilbeggan 22-Apr-23 3218m SOFT R1 CLMdH (of $6,000), Winning Time: 04:09.000, SP: 20/1 Always towards rear, never a factor, slight mistake 1st, no extra after 2 out J G Gilligan 68kg, Cd 0 9 (12)
Limerick 26-Dec-22 3218m HEAVY R1 CLMdH (of $7,122), Winning Time: 04:23.000, SP: 80/1 Held up towards rear, moderate late headway from 2 out, kept on one pace J G Gilligan 69.9kg, Cd 0 10.00L 7 (13)
Cork 11-Dec-22 3387m SOFT R1 CLMdH (of $7,122), Winning Time: 04:24.080, SP: 200/1 Rear, 17th after 4th, no headway, never a factor J G Gilligan 69.9kg, Cd 0 33.50L 17 (20)
Dundalk 08-Oct-22 2148m SYNTHETIC R7 CLHcp (of $10,501) Barrier 16, Winning Time: 02:16.680, SP: 16/1 Fly leapt from stalls, always towards rear, never a factor, pushed along and no impression 2f out, no extra D J Gilligan 61.7kg, Cd 0 20.50L 14 (14)
Windsor 28-Aug-22 2303m SOFT R8 CL6Hcp (of $7,500) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 02:28.400, SP: 28/1 Chased leaders, ridden and weakened inside final 2f M Ghiani 60.8kg, Cd 0 11.75L 12 (14)
Newmarket 13-Aug-22 2011m GOOD R5 CL5Hcp (of $8,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 02:08.450, SP: 5/1 Always in rear H Turner 54.9kg, Cd 0 21.50L 7 (7)
Chelmsford City 03-Aug-22 2011m SYNTHETIC R3 CL6Hcp $1,876 (of $8,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 02:06.510, SP: 16/5 Held up, headway under pressure out wide final furlong, ran on well close home, just denied M Ghiani 59.9kg 2 (9)
Yarmouth 21-Jul-22 2032m GOOD R3 CL5MdHcp $1,065 (of $9,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 02:05.780, SP: 12/1 Tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, kept on same pace M Ghiani 56.2kg 15.00L 3 (6)
Windsor 12-Jul-22 2011m GOOD R3 CL5Hcp $1,065 (of $9,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 02:06.980, SP: 9/2 Raced in 4th and pushed along at times, hard ridden out wide in 3rd over 1f out, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner M Ghiani 58.5kg 4.75L 3 (5)
Newmarket 25-Jun-22 1609m GOOD R4 CL5Hcp (of $8,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:41.030, SP: 13/2 Tracked leader 2f, tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out S M Levey 58.5kg, Cd 0 10.50L 9 (10)
Windsor 31-May-22 1637m GOOD R7 CL6Hcp $349 (of $6,100) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:42.479, SP: 4/1 Tracked leaders on inside, switched left 2f out, soon ridden, plugged on in modest 4th inside final furlong M Ghiani 62.1kg, Cd 0 3.50L 4 (13)
Windsor 10-May-22 1637m GOOD R5 CL5Hcp (of $7,100) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:41.570, SP: 14/1 Held up off the pace in last pair, headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never nearer but no chance with easy winner M Ghiani 59.9kg, Cd 0 4.25L 5 (12)
Chelmsford City 15-Apr-22 1609m SYNTHETIC R6 CL5Hcp (of $13,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:38.470, SP: 16/1 Chased leaders out wide, pushed along after halfway, soon weakened C Shepherd 60.3kg, Cd 0 11 (11)
Wolverhampton 28-Dec-21 1225m SYNTHETIC R2 CL5Nv (of $7,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:13.290, SP: 9/1 Always towards rear, never involved M Ghiani 59.4kg, Cd 0 7.50L 9 (13)
Chelmsford City 26-Nov-21 1408m SYNTHETIC R4 CL3Nv (of $17,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:25.660, SP: 11/1 Towards rear, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never nearer M Ghiani 59.4kg, Cd 0 4.75L 5 (9)
Yarmouth 11-Aug-21 1410m GOOD CL4Nv (of $5,400), Winning Time: 01:28.200, SP: 28/1 Off the pace in last pair, never on terms T E Whelan 59.4kg, Cd 0 8.00L 7 (7)