Rocket Spade
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| Rocket Spade | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Fastnet Rock |
| Grandsire | Danehill |
| Dam | Affairoftheheart |
| Damsire | Fusaichi Pegasus |
| Sex | Colt |
| Foaled | 21 October 2017[1] |
| Country | Australia |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Sun Kingdom |
| Owner | Hermitage Thoroughbreds Pty Ltd |
| Trainer | Lance O'Sullivan & Andrew Scott |
| Record | 8:4-2-0 |
| Earnings | NZ$745,450 |
| Major wins | |
| New Zealand Derby (2021) | |
Rocket Spade (foaled 21 October 2017)[1] is an Australian-bred racehorse who is owned and trained in New Zealand. In 2021 he won the 146th running of the New Zealand Derby.
Rocket Spade was bred by Sun Kingdom in Australia and sold through the Inglis Sydney Easter Yearling Sale for A$425,000. He is by Fastnet Rock out of a Fusaichi Pegasus mare, whose half-sister Soriano won two Group One races in New Zealand.
