ROCKET LAD Thoroughbred



Rocket Lad is a thoroughbred horse born in New Zealand in 2018. Race horse Rocket Lad is by Preferment (NZ) out of Zaperb (NZ) , trained by Shaune Ritchie & Colm Murray. Rocket Lad form is available here. Owned by C C & C A CHAMBERLAIN & S F RITCHIE.


Pedigree :
Sire PREFERMENT (NZ) 2011
Dam ZAPERB (NZ) 2010
Dam Sire VOLKSRAAD (GB) 1988

About the horse :
Foal Date 26 Oct 2018
Description 6yo B Gelding
Trainer Shaune Ritchie & Colm Murray
Owner C C & C A Chamberlain & S F Ritchie
Career 5 Wins (16%) - 3 Placings (25%) - 32 starts
Wins 1550m (4), 2200m (1)
PM New Zealand : NZD $81,550

Sale Information :
offline

2019 Karaka May Sale (112)  

Windsor Park Stud 

Withdrawn



Starts:

32

Win Rate:

16%

Place Rate:

25%










Rocket Lad Past Races

6 of 11, 10 Jul 2025, R4 TCL EARTHWORKS 2000m | NZD $ 17,000 | 59.0kg | J: J DOYLE | T: S RITCHIE & C MURRAY | MF-Worked home fair | 2:05.78 | Winner: PROMETHEUS
9 of 12, 04 Jun 2025, R6 WAIPA EARTHWORKS 1550m | NZD $ 17,000 | 60.0kg | J: M MCNAB | T: S RITCHIE & C MURRAY | Last, Bk-Never in the picture | 1:33.35 | Winner: LORD WEYBURN
12 of 12, 21 Mar 2025, R8 TAB 1600m | NZD $ 55,000 | 57.0kg | J: BRIDGET GRYLLS | T: S RITCHIE & C MURRAY | MF-Made no headway | 1:38.63 | Winner: LORD OF THE SEA



Horse Stat

Jockey
Win
Win%
Place
Place%
Starts
PM
Profit
POT
JONATHAN RIDDELL 2 40% 2 40% 5 $21,382 -3 54
SAM WEATHERLEY 1 33% 0 0% 3 $9,845 -9 37
OPIE BOSSON 1 50% 0 0% 2 $10,909 0 50
BILLY JACOBSON 1 100% 0 0% 1 $15,972 103 1030
WIREMU PINN 0 0% 0 0% 2 $845 -20 0
CRAIG GRYLLS 0 0% 0 0% 1 $228 -10 0
CHELSEA BURDAN 0 0% 0 0% 1 $228 -10 0
MATTHEW CAMERON 0 0% 0 0% 3 $3,249 -30 0
KELSEY HANNAN 0 0% 0 0% 1 $654 -10 0
JOE DOYLE 0 0% 0 0% 2 $1,806 -20 0
JAKE BAYLISS 0 0% 0 0% 1 $963 -10 0
TRUDY THORNTON 0 0% 0 0% 1 $421 -10 0
WARREN KENNEDY 0 0% 0 0% 1 $561 -10 0
VIN COLGAN 0 0% 0 0% 2 $3,009 -20 0
COURTNEY BARNES 0 0% 1 50% 2 $2,204 -20 0
TRISTON MOODLEY 0 0% 0 0% 1 $2,273 -10 0
BRIDGET GRYLLS 0 0% 0 0% 2 $0 -20 0
MICHAEL MCNAB 0 0% 0 0% 1 $315 -10 0

Course
Win
Win%
Place
Place%
Starts
PM
Profit
POT
CAMBRIDGE SYNTHETIC 4 44% 1 11% 9 $37,434 -2 53
HASTINGS 1 33% 0 0% 3 $16,200 83 343
PUKEKOHE 0 0% 2 33% 6 $8,708 -60 0
TE RAPA 0 0% 0 0% 8 $5,184 -80 0
TE AROHA 0 0% 0 0% 1 $228 -10 0
AWAPUNI 0 0% 0 0% 2 $3,447 -20 0
MATAMATA 0 0% 0 0% 2 $654 -20 0
TRENTHAM 0 0% 0 0% 1 $3,009 -10 0