Able One
SireCape Cross
GrandsireGreen Desert
DamGardenia
DamsireDanehill
SexGelding
Foaled1 November 2002
CountryNew Zealand
ColourBay
BreederSir Partick & Lady Hogan
OwnerDr & Mrs Cornel Li Fook Kwan
TrainerJohn Moore
Record44:10-4-2
EarningsHK$37,755,000
Major wins
Champions Mile (2007, 2010)
Premier Cup (2008, 2010)
Chairman's Trophy (2010)
Jockey Club Mile (2010)
Hong Kong Mile (2011)
Awards
Hong Kong Champion Miler (2010)

Able One (Chinese: 步步穩; foaled 1 November 2002) is a New Zealand–bred Hong Kong–based Thoroughbred racehorse.

He raced from 2006 to 2012. In the 2009–2010 season, Able One won the HKG2 Chairman's Trophy before following up in the Champions Mile. Able One was one of the nominees of Hong Kong Horse of the Year that year.

Background

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Able One is a plain bay gelding bred by Sir Patrick Hogan and Lady Justine Hogan. He was sold at Karaka as a yearling before being resold by Phoenix Park at the Karaka Ready to Run sale at two, purchased by Paul Beamish for NZ$270,000.[1]

He was sired by Cape Cross, an Irish stallion whose wins included the Lockinge Stakes, the Queen Anne Stakes, and the Celebration Mile. Other progeny of Cape Cross include Sea The Stars, Golden Horn, and Ouija Board.

His dam, Gardenia, was an unraced New Zealand based mare by Danehill (horse).

Pedigree

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Pedigree of Able One (NZ), brown gelding, 2002
Sire
Cape Cross (IRE)
1994
Green Desert (USA)
1983
Danzig (USA) Northern Dancer (CAN)
Pas De Nom (USA)
Foreign Courier (USA) Sir Ivor (USA)
Courtly Dee (USA)
Park Appeal (IRE)
1982
Ahonoora (GB) Lorenzaccio (GB)
Helen Nichols (GB)
Balidaress (IRE) Balidar (IRE)
Innocence (GB)
Dam
Gardenia (NZ)
1995
Danehill (USA)
1986
Danzig (USA) Northern Dancer (CAN)
Pas De Nom (USA)
Razyana (USA) His Majesty (USA)
Spring Adieu (CAN)
Cladagh (AUS)
1990
Sir Tristram (IRE) Sir Ivor (USA)
Isolt (USA)
A Little Love (USA) J. O. Tobin (USA)
Little Happiness (USA)
  • Able One is inbred 3 × 3 to Danzig, meaning that this stallion appears twice in the third generation of his pedigree. He is also inbred 4 x 4 to Sir Ivor.

References

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  1. ^ "Karaka sale-topper goes the extra mile". Thoroughbred News. Retrieved 23 December 2025.