Self Assured

Self Assured
BreedStandardbred
SireBettor's Delight (USA)
GrandsireCam's Card Shark
DamStar Of Venus[1]
Maternal grandsireChristian Cullen
SexGelding
Foaled (2015-10-26) 26 October 2015 (age 9)
CountryNew Zealand
TrainerMark Purdon, Natalie Rasmussen and Hayden Cullen, Rolleston
Awards
2022 Harness Racing New Zealand pacer of the year
Last updated on: 13 April 2024.

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.[2]

Bred by Reg Caldow from Wellington[3] and owned by Mrs Jean Feiss from Melbourne, Australia, he is trained by the All Stars stable at Rolleston.

Racing career

Notable performances by Self Assured include:

Placing Year Race 1st 2nd 3rd
1st 2019 South East Derby (G3, 2138m, Albion Park)[4] Self Assured Lochinvar Art Jesse Duke
1st 2019 Queensland Derby (G1, 2680m, Albion Park)[4] Self Assured Lochinvar Art Jesse Duke
3rd 2019 Ashburton Flying Stakes Spankem Thefixer Self Assured
1st 2019 Auckland Pacing Cup Self Assured Thefixer Triple Eight
1st 2020 Hondo Grattan Stakes[4] Self Assured Demon Delight Max Delight
1st 2020 Canterbury Classic Self Assured Spankem Tango Tara
2nd 2020 Ashburton Flying Stakes Copy That Self Assured Spankem
1st 2020 New Zealand Trotting Cup Self Assured Spankem Ashley Locaz
2nd 2020 Chariots Of Fire[4] Lochinvar Art Self Assured Max Delight
2nd 2020 Ballarat Cup[4] AGs White Socks Self Assured Chase Auckland
1st 2021 Easter Cup[5] Self Assured Spankem Amazing Dream
3rd 2021 Canterbury Classic South Coast Arden Pembrook Playboy Self Assured
1st 2021 Ashburton Flying Stakes Self Assured Classie Brigade Pembrook Playboy
2nd 2021 New Zealand Trotting Cup[6] Copy That Self Assured South Coast Arden
2nd 2021 New Zealand Free For All[7] South Coast Arden Self Assured Krug
1st 2022 The Race by Grins (inaugural event) Self Assured Majestic Cruiser Spankem
3rd 2022 Noel J Taylor Memorial Mile Spankem Hot And Treacherous Self Assured
2nd 2022 New Zealand Messenger Championship Majestic Cruiser Self Assured A G's White Socks
1st 2022 Auckland Pacing Cup, driven by Natalie Rasmussen due to Mark Purdon being suspended[8] Self Assured Spankem Kango.
1st 2022 Roy Purdon Memorial Handicap (inaugural event, Listed, 2200m, Alexandra Park) Self Assured Kango Bad To The Bone
3rd 2022 Canterbury Classic[9] B D Joe Spankem Self Assured
5th 2022 New Zealand Trotting Cup, after suffering a flat tyre[10] Copy That Majestic Cruiser Spankem
1st 2022 New Zealand Free For All[11] Self Assured Majestic Cruiser Old Town Road
2nd 2022 Summer Cup Free For All BD Joe Self Assured Spankem
2nd 2022 Invercargill Cup[12] Krug Self Assured Macandrew Aviator
1st 2023 Waikato Flying Mile (G2 1609m, Cambridge) Self Assured Copy That Akuta.
3rd 2023 The Race by Grins ($1 Million, 2200m Free for All) Copy That Old Town Road Self Assured
2nd 2023 Noel J Taylor Memorial Mile[12] Akuta Self Assured Better Eclipse
1st 2023 New Zealand Messenger Championship[12] Self Assured Copy That Bettor Eclipse
2nd 2023 Auckland Cup[12] Akuta Self Assured Smiffy's Terror
1st 2023 New Zealand Free For All[12] Self Assured Akuta Beach Ball
2nd 2023 Summer Cup (G3 1980m Addington) Beach Ball Self Assured American Me
2nd 2023 Invercargill Cup (G1 3200m) American Me Self Assured Beach Ball
2nd 2024 Roy Purdon Memorial (Listed, 2200m, Alexandra Park) American Me Self Assured Old Town Road
2nd 2024 Auckland Cup[13] Better Eclipse Self Assured Republican Party

See also

References

  1. ^ "Assured to go a long way". Breckon Farms.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Rest Assured, Caldow Overwhelmed by Cup Win". 19 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Australian Harness Racing". Harness.org.au. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Self Assured takes Easter Cup". Harnesslink.com. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  6. ^ reporters, Stuff sports (9 November 2021). "New Zealand Trotting Cup: Copy That topples favourite Self Assured at Addington". Stuff. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Add og title".
  8. ^ "Self Assured a contender for another Triple Crown after Auckland Cup success".
  9. ^ "B D Joe (NZ) Stamps Class in Canterbury Classic Victory | NZB Standardbred | Standardbred Auction House". www.nzbstandardbred.co.nz. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Copy That does just that and repeats in IRT NZ Cup - Harnesslink". 8 November 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  11. ^ "Self Assured sublime in NZ Pacing FFA - Harnesslink". 11 November 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  12. ^ a b c d e "Add og title". www.hrnz.co.nz.
  13. ^ "Just Believe and Better Eclipse dominate at Auckland Cup". NZ Herald. 25 May 2024.