Irish Rocket (AUS) Horse

Country

Australia

Foal Date

31-Oct-20

Sex

mare

Colour

bay

Sire

Heroic Valour

Dam

Kynance Cove

Prize Money

35900

Trainer

Dane McKinnon

Owners

C J Edmonston, B W T McKinnon, Mrs G A Smyth, R Smyth, J E Forker, Mrs K A Forker, Mrs J Brady, D C Carroll, Mrs L E Marsden, N A Marsden & D L McKinnon

About

Irish Rocket is a 5yo bay mare (female) from Australia trained by Dane McKinnon, who is based at Rockhampton. She is sired by the stallion Heroic Valour out of the dam Kynance Cove. Irish Rocket has managed to win 2 races in her career so far. On 3rd Jan 2025 at Mackay, Irish Rocket scored her most significant win to date, getting the money in the $23000.00 Maiden Set Weight. She has proven a profitable horse for the punters over the journey. If you had backed Irish Rocket throughout her career you'd have achieved a 46% return on investment.

Raced At

Rockhampton • Mackay • Emerald

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Rockhampton 25-Feb-26 1000m SOFT 5 R4 CL1-CL3-TRL Barrier 3, Winning Time: 00:58.620 Sectionals: 600m 00:33.970 1st Hou Long Gwai ( T L Orr ) 2nd Cascia ( M E Apel ) 0.92L 3rd Crimson Decipher ( W G Satherley ) 1.65L 4th Irish Rocket ( R S Olivera ) 3.42L	R S Olivera 3.42L	4 (4)
Mackay 27-Sep-25 1100m GOOD 4 R3 BM60 $400 (of $21,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:03.550, SP: 4.40 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.360 1st Rideau ( R Wiggins 61 ) 2nd No Love Lost ( A Sewell 59.5 ) 4.14L 3rd Rich Again ( A Butler 61.5 ) 4.20L 6th Irish Rocket ( J Murphy 57 ) 5.88L See full results	J Murphy 57kg 5.88L	6 (7)
Mackay 12-Sep-25 1100m GOOD 4 R7 BM55 $11,600 (of $21,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:04.280, SP: 3.60 In-running: Settled 4th, 800m 4th, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:35.480 1st Irish Rocket ( J Murphy 57.5 ) 2nd Zaya ( R Wiggins 57.5 ) 0.21L 3rd Super Talon ( N L Summers 59 ) 0.22L See full results	J Murphy 57.5kg	1 (11)
Rockhampton 21-Aug-25 1100m SOFT 5 R8 0-55 $1,000 (of $21,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:02.580, SP: 2.60 In-running: Settled 4th, 800m 4th, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:33.760 1st Snazzy Snitzel ( A R Graham 59 , Cd 56 ) 2nd Gilbert's Gold ( M E Apel 60 , Cd 58 ) 0.01L 3rd Chockablock ( J L Metcalfe 57 , Cd 54 ) 1.33L 4th Irish Rocket ( R S Olivera 58 ) 1.72L See full results	R S Olivera 58kg 1.72L	4 (9)
Rockhampton 05-Aug-25 1100m SOFT 5 R6 CL1 $3,800 (of $21,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:02.130, SP: 5.00 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:33.700 1st Electric Brae ( R Wiggins 57 ) 2nd Irish Rocket ( J Murphy 55.5 ) 0.16L 3rd Rum Rumble ( A Butler 57.5 ) 0.85L See full results	J Murphy 55.5kg 0.16L	2 (8)
Mackay 27-Jun-25 1100m GOOD 4 R7 BM 55 Hcp $1,000 (of $21,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:04.620, SP: 4.00 In-running: Settled 4th, 800m 4th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.890 1st All England ( N Thomas 60.5 ) 2nd Uncut Gem ( W G Satherley 61.5 ) 0.82L 3rd Little Iffy ( J Stanley 55.5 ) 0.88L 4th Irish Rocket ( R S Olivera 57 ) 1.12L See full results	R S Olivera 57kg 1.12L	4 (11)
Rockhampton 14-Jun-25 1050m SOFT 5 R4 CL1 Hcp $3,250 (of $18,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:00.720, SP: 8.00 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:33.910 1st Crimson Decipher ( R M S Olivera 56 ) 2nd Irish Rocket ( J Murphy 57 ) 2.35L 3rd French Wish ( L I Martyn 54 , Cd 51 ) 2.53L See full results	J Murphy 57kg 2.35L	2 (10)
Emerald 17-May-25 1000m SOFT 6 R2 BM 50 Hcp $900 (of $10,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:00.640, SP: 3.00 1st Outback Step ( G S Semmens 60.5 ) 2nd Greylist ( J B Busuttin 62 , Cd 59 ) 0.02L 3rd Irish Rocket ( R S Olivera 60.5 ) 0.44L See full results	R S Olivera 60.5kg 0.44L	3 (8)
Rockhampton 23-Jan-25 1300m GOOD 4 R4 CL1 Hcp $400 (of $21,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:15.880, SP: 2.45 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:34.870 1st Outback Bandit ( S N Cormack 56 ) 2nd Fortress Australia ( A Butler 61 ) 1.19L 3rd Monday Choice ( T Chambers 55 ) 1.31L 7th Irish Rocket ( N Olzard 55.5 , Cd 54 ) 5.61L See full results	N Olzard 55.5kg, Cd 54kg 5.61L	7 (9)
Mackay 03-Jan-25 1100m SOFT 5 R3 Mdn Set Weight $12,800 (of $23,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:03.820, SP: 9.50 In-running: Settled 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:34.200 1st Irish Rocket ( N Olzard 56.5 ) 2nd Lucky Strong ( A Butler 58.5 ) 0.73L 3rd Thormendous Miss ( A Sewell 55 ) 4.99L See full results	N Olzard 56.5kg	1 (13)
Rockhampton 20-Dec-24 900m SOFT 6 R4 MDN-TRL Barrier 1, Winning Time: 00:55.010 Sectionals: 600m 00:33.590 1st Irish Rocket ( R S Olivera ) 2nd Ange ( W G Satherley ) 0.49L 3rd Zelezny ( M E Apel ) 1.07L	R S Olivera	1 (3)
Rockhampton 01-Jul-24 900m SOFT 7 R4 MDN-C1 TRL Barrier 3, Winning Time: 00:55.590 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.960 1st Whitsunday Session ( J Stanley ) 2nd Mr Grey ( W G Satherley ) 0.25L 3rd Tohuku ( T Chambers ) 5.50L 5th Irish Rocket ( M Apel 0 ) 8.00L	M Apel 0 8.00L	5 (5)