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Moon Rocket
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Trained by Mark Walker & Sam Bergerson at Matamata, Moon Rocket is a 5 year old gelding by the sire Merchant Navy, out of the dam Moonlover.

He has won one race from 14 starts. His career earnings are $22k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Riccarton Park Synthetic on August 7th in 2024 when he won $9,967 in the Betavet Mdn (a set weight with allowances race over 1,400 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-1150.

The gelding tends to run better on heavy ground, with an average prize money per start of $1k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$22k
Starts
14
Wins
1
Second
1
Third
1
Win %
7
Place %
21
Profit
-11.5
Conditions
Good
2
0-0-0
$1k
Soft
4
0-0-0
$1k
Heavy
3
0-0-1
$1k
Race Standard
All
0
0-0-0
Group 1
0
0-0-0
Group 2
0
0-0-0
Group 3
0
0-0-0
Race Distance
1400m
5
1-1-1
-2.5
1200m
7
0-0-0
-7
1600m
1
0-0-0
-1
1050m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Waverley
2
0-0-1
-2
Taupo
2
0-0-0
-2
Awapuni Synthetic
1
0-0-0
-1
Riccarton Park Synthetic
4
1-1-0
-1.5
Tauranga
2
0-0-0
-2
Matamata
3
0-0-0
-3
Race State
8
1-1-1
-5.5
NZ
6
0-0-0
-6

Race History

Apr-4 25
5/9
5.9
$9.8
Waverley
5
1400
Good Luck Team Wanganui At Halberg Games (Bm65)
$0k
$19k
J Riddell
59
84.35
-
5
6
+1
Mar-19 25
3/5
0.3
$3.5
Waverley
10
1400
Nutrinza - Animal Nutrition (Bm65)
$2k
$25k
C Grylls
59
0.00
-
Feb-26 25
7/10
2.8
$8.7
Taupo
4
1200
Central Livestock (Bm65)
$0k
$25k
C Grylls
59½
72.55
-
Spell of 143 Days
Oct-6 24
4/9
4.9
$3
Awapuni Synthetic
0
1400
Aberdeen on Broadway (Bm65)
$1k
$19k
C Grylls
59½
84.09
-
7
7,5
+1
Sep-11 24
2/11
0.4
$3.1
Riccarton Park Synthetic
0
1400
Speight's Summit Ultra On Tap (Bm65)
$3k
$19k
T Comignaghi
58½
82.51
-
Aug-24 24
5/13
0.6
$5
Riccarton Park Synthetic
0
1600
(Bm65)
$1k
$40k
L Sutherland
57½
97.65
-
Aug-7 24
1/10
1.0
$2.5
Riccarton Park Synthetic
0
1400
Betavet Mdn
$11k
$20k
C Grylls
58½
83.69
-
7
7,6
+5
Jul-12 24
5/13
1.6
$6.5
Riccarton Park Synthetic
0
1200
3yo+ Mdn
$1k
$22k
W Kennedy
58½
71.57
-
3
3,2
-3
Jun-22 24
12/14
12.0
$7.2
Tauranga
8
1200
Aongatete Avojects Mdn
$0k
$20k
W Kennedy
58½
74.49
-
10
10,10
-2
Jun-5 24
5/10
4.3
$10.3
Matamata
8
1200
Redoubt Bar & Eatery Mdn
$0k
$17k
T Melvin
53½
73.26
-
10
10
+5
Spell of 209 Days
Nov-9 23
10/10
9.8
$11.4
Taupo
6
1200
Appreciation of Taupo Track Managers Mdn
$0k
$19k
N Parmar
56½
72.10
-
6
6
-4
Oct-18 23
6/12
4.8
$2.8
Tauranga
6
1200
Aztech Signs Mdn
$0k
$19k
O Bosson
57½
72.08
-
8
8,6
Sep-20 23
4/9
1.1
$1.9
Matamata
3
1200
Transport Mechanical Waharoa Ltd Mdn
$1k
$19k
O Bosson
57½
71.97
-
2
2,3
-1
Aug-27 23
4/11
1.3
$5.5
Matamata
6
1050
Colchester Engineering Ltd Mdn
$1k
$19k
W Kennedy
56
63.72
-
10
10,7
+3