Self Assured
BreedStandardbred
SireBettor's Delight (USA)
GrandsireCam's Card Shark
DamStar Of Venus
Maternal grandsireChristian Cullen
SexGelding
Foaled (2015-10-26) 26 October 2015
CountryNew Zealand
TrainerMark Purdon, Natalie Rasmussen and Hayden Cullen, Rolleston
Awards
2022 Harness Racing New Zealand pacer of the year
Last updated on: 8 November 2021.

Self Assured (foaled 26 October 2015) is a New Zealand Standardbred racehorse, notable for winning the New Zealand Trotting Cup in 2020 and the Auckland Trotting Cup in 2019 and 2022.[1]

Bred by R. N. Caldow and owned by Mrs Jean Feiss from Melbourne, Australia, he is trained by the All Stars stable at Rolleston.

Notable performances by Self Assured include:

  • 1st in the 2019 South East Derby at Albion Park[2]
  • 1st in the 2019 Queensland Derby beating Lochinvar Art and Jesse Duke.[2]
  • 3rd in the 2019 Ashburton Flying Stakes behind Spankem and Thefixer
  • 1st in the 2019 Auckland Pacing Cup beating Thefixer and Triple Eight
  • 1st in the 2020 Hondo Grattan Stakes, beating Demon Delight and Max Delight[2]
  • 1st in the 2020 Canterbury Classic, beating Spankem and Tango Tara
  • 2nd in the 2020 Ashburton Flying Stakes behind Copy That, with Spankem 3rd
  • 1st in the 2020 New Zealand Trotting Cup beating Spankem and Ashley Locaz
  • 2nd in the 2020 Chariots Of Fire behind Lochinvar Art with Max Delight 3rd[2]
  • 2nd in the 2020 Ballarat Cup behind AGs White Socks with Chase Auckland 3rd[2]
  • 1st in the 2021 Easter Cup, beating Spankem and Amazing Dream[3]
  • 3rd in the 2021 Canterbury Classic behind South Coast Arden and Pembrook Playboy
  • 1st in the 2021 Ashburton Flying Stakes, beating Classie Brigade and Pembrook Playboy
  • 2nd in the 2021 New Zealand Trotting Cup behind Copy That, with South Coast Arden 3rd[4]
  • 2nd in the 2021 New Zealand Free For All behind South Coast Arden, with Krug third.[5]
  • 3rd in the 2022 Noel J Taylor Memorial Mile behind Spankem and Hot And Treacherous
  • 2nd in the 2022 New Zealand Messenger Championship behind Majestic Cruiser, with A G's White Socks 3rd
  • 1st in the 2022 Auckland Pacing Cup, driven by Natalie Rasmussen due to Mark Purdon being suspended, beating Spankem and Kango.[6]
  • 1st in the 2022 (inaugural) Roy Purdon Memorial Handicap beating Kango and Bad To The Bone
  • 3rd in the 2022 Canterbury Classic behind B D Joe and Spankem[7]
  • 5th in the 2022 New Zealand Trotting Cup after suffering a flat tyre, behind Copy That and Majestic Cruiser[8]
  • 1st in the 2022 New Zealand Free For All beating Majestic Cruiser and Old Town Road[9]
  • 2nd in the 2022 Summer Cup Free For All behind BD Joe, with Spankem 3rd
  • 2nd in the 2022 Invercargill Cup behind Krug, with Macandrew Aviator 3rd[10]
  • 1st in the Waikato Flying Mile (G2 1609m, Cambridge) beating Copy That and Akuta.
  • 3rd in the 2023 $1 Million "The Race by Grins" (2200m Free for All) behind Copy That and Old Town Road
  • 2nd in the 2023 Noel J Taylor Memorial Mile behind Akuta with Better Eclipse 3rd[10]
  • 1st in the 2023 New Zealand Messenger Championship beating Copy That and Bettor Eclipse[10]
  • 2nd in the 2023 Auckland Cup behind Akuta with Smiffy's Terror 3rd[10]
  • 1st in the 2023 New Zealand Free For All beating Akuta and Beach Ball.[10]
  • 2nd in the 2023 Summer Cup (G3 1980m Addington) behind Beach Ball with American Me 3rd.
  • 2nd in the 2023 Invercargill Cup (G1 3200m) behind American Me with Beach Ball 3rd.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "New Zealand Trotting Cup 2020: Self Assured and Mark Purdon win the big dance at Addington". Stuff.co.nz. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Australian Harness Racing". Harness.org.au. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Self Assured takes Easter Cup". Harnesslink.com. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  4. ↑ reporters, Stuff sports (9 November 2021). "New Zealand Trotting Cup: Copy That topples favourite Self Assured at Addington". Stuff. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "Add og title".
  6. ↑ "Self Assured a contender for another Triple Crown after Auckland Cup success".
  7. ↑ "B D Joe (NZ) Stamps Class in Canterbury Classic Victory | NZB Standardbred | Standardbred Auction House". www.nzbstandardbred.co.nz. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Copy That does just that and repeats in IRT NZ Cup - Harnesslink". 8 November 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  9. ↑ "Self Assured sublime in NZ Pacing FFA - Harnesslink". 11 November 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 "Add og title". www.hrnz.co.nz.
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