Horse Profile
Able Seaman
Trained by Tony Gollan at Eagle Farm, Able Seaman is a 5 year old gelding by the sire Merchant Navy, out of the dam Dee Nine Elle.
He has won a total of 2 races from 9 starts for a win percentage of 22%. His career earnings are $50k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Ipswich on January 15th in 2025 when he won $21,000 in the Gordon's Gin Hcp (a handicap race over 1,690 metres).
Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $750.
The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $7k in those conditions.
Career Statistics
Overall
Prize Money
$50k
Starts
9
Wins
2
Second
0
Third
1
Win %
22
Place %
33
Profit
+7.5
Conditions
Good
6
2-0-1
$7k
Soft
3
0-0-0
$1k
Heavy
0
0-0-0
$0k
Race Standard
All
0
0-0-0
Group 1
0
0-0-0
Group 2
0
0-0-0
Group 3
0
0-0-0
Race Distance
1680m
1
0-0-0
-1
1690m
1
1-0-0
+10
1400m
1
0-0-0
-1
1200m
5
1-0-1
+0.5
1600m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Ipswich
3
1-0-0
+8
Sunshine Coast
2
1-0-0
+3.5
Eagle Farm
2
0-0-0
-2
Doomben
2
0-0-1
-2
Race State
QLD
9
2-0-1
+8.5
Race History
Mar-1 25
4/8
0.0
0
Eagle Farm
5
1600
BRC Membership Hcp (C3)
$4k
$75k
55
0.00
-
Feb-5 25
6/8
3.9
$4.6
Ipswich
6
1680
Seven News Hcp (C2)
$1k
$38k
A Jones
59½
102.39
36.55
2
2,2,2
-4
Jan-15 25
1/14
1.0
$11
Ipswich
4
1690
Gordon's Gin Hcp (C1)
$21k
$38k
A Jones
58
102.57
35.47
6
6,4,3
+2
Dec-29 24
7/10
2.5
$9
Sunshine Coast
4
1400
TAB Hcp (C1)
$1k
$28k
A Jones
57½
84.68
35.25
8
8,8
+1
Dec-4 24
7/14
3.3
$2.6
Ipswich
4
1200
Ipswich Events & Entertainment Centre (Bm58)
$1k
$28k
J Orman
61
70.70
34.92
6
6,9
+2
Nov-5 24
7/10
3.5
$16
Eagle Farm
3
1200
Moreton Hire Hcp (C1)
$1k
$38k
J Guthmann-Chester
57
69.34
34.00
3
3,2
-5
Oct-20 24
1/12
1.5
$5.5
Sunshine Coast
4
1200
Darwalla Group Mdn Plate
$17k
$30k
J Orman
58½
72.30
34.50
5
5,5
+4
Spell of 494 Days
Jun-14 23
3/11
0.9
$17
Doomben
4
1200
Mekkafest 19 August Mdn Plate
$4k
$40k
D Thornton
57
70.25
34.58
4
4,2
-1
Spell of 187 Days
Dec-9 22
9/9
10.9
$7
Doomben
5
1200
Nuturf Maiden Handicap
$1k
$37k
B Thompson
59
69.58
33.84
8
8,8
-1
