So Casual (foaled 25 October 1995)[1] is a Thoroughbred racehorse who won the New Zealand Derby in record time in 1998.
Although not the star in his two-year-old year, So Casual ran extremely well in his first season of racing and never finished further back than third.
He resumed in his three-year-old season and kept his perfect record of being in the first three at every start as he finished: But in the Derby he finally got his well-deserved first major win, and he made up for lost time with an extraordinary performance.
Ridden by Australian jockey Damien Oliver, So Casual turned the tables on all who had narrowly beaten him to date by winning the Derby in a time of 2:24.80, a track and national record for 2400m (12 furlongs) that still stands 9 years later.
After being unplaced in the Thorndon Mile he showed promise in three 1600m races in February and March including a 4th in the G3 Thompson Handicap.