Natalie Clair Rasmussen (born 1977) is a driver and trainer of Standardbred racehorses in Australia and New Zealand.
She was the first woman in Australia to have trained and driven an Inter Dominion winner with Blacks A Fake who she went on to win the championship with a further three times.
They would lease their Rolleston stables to Hayden and Amanda Cullen and, although staying involved when required, they would not be managing the day-to-day training operation.
[citation needed] From 1 October 2021, Purdon officially returned to the formal training ranks again and joined Hayden Cullen in partnership.
It was also announced that Rasmussen would then re-join him in fulltime training from 1 January 2022, replacing Cullen, who would revert to being stable foreman again.