| Horsename: | Self Assured |
| Breed: | Standardbred |
| Sire: | Bettor's Delight (USA) |
| Dam: | Star Of Venus[1] |
| Damsire: | Christian Cullen |
| Sex: | Gelding |
| Foaled: | 26 October 2015 |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Trainer: | Mark Purdon, Natalie Rasmussen and Hayden Cullen, Rolleston |
| Awards: | 2022 Harness Racing New Zealand pacer of the year |
| Updated: | 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.
Notable performances by Self Assured include:
| Placing | Year | Race | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2019 | South East Derby (G3, 2138m, Albion Park) | Self Assured | Lochinvar Art | Jesse Duke |
| 1st | 2019 | Queensland Derby (G1, 2680m, Albion Park) | Self Assured | Lochinvar Art | Jesse Duke |
| 3rd | 2019 | Ashburton Flying Stakes | Thefixer | Self Assured | |
| 1st | 2019 | Self Assured | Triple Eight | ||
| 1st | 2020 | Hondo Grattan Stakes[4] | Self Assured | Demon Delight | Max Delight |
| 1st | 2020 | Canterbury Classic | Self Assured | Tango Tara | |
| 2nd | 2020 | Ashburton Flying Stakes | Copy That | Self Assured | |
| 1st | 2020 | Self Assured | Spankem | Ashley Locaz | |
| 2nd | 2020 | Chariots Of Fire | Lochinvar Art | Self Assured | Max Delight |
| 2nd | 2020 | Ballarat Cup | AGs White Socks | Self Assured | Chase Auckland |
| 1st | 2021 | Easter Cup[5] | Self Assured | 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 | Spankem | Hot And Treacherous | Self Assured | |
| 2nd | 2022 | 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 | 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] | 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 | Akuta. | |
| 3rd | 2023 | The Race by Grins ($1 Million, 2200m Free for All) | Old Town Road | Self Assured | |
| 2nd | 2023 | Akuta | Self Assured | Better Eclipse | |
| 1st | 2023 | Self Assured | Bettor Eclipse | ||
| 2nd | 2023 | Akuta | Self Assured | Smiffy's Terror | |
| 1st | 2023 | 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 |