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The Mick Price and Mick Kent Jr-trained Seabrook was meant to be racing in Sydney on her way to a campaign in Brisbane, however, border restrictions imposed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic has put a stop to those plans.
Instead, the New Zealand-bred mare will contest the Gr.3 Elvis Thurgood 40th Anniversary Cup (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday.
A win this weekend would spell the end of a dry spell for Seabrook who hasn't tasted victory since the Gr.1 Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Randwick in 2018.
After a Sydney and Brisbane campaign last year, Seabrook missed the spring with a gut illness which Price said needed careful attention.
The break has revitalised Seabrook who returned with a third-placing behind Diamond Effort and Runson in the Hareeba Stakes (1200m) at Mornington on March 21.
"It was good, she had a good spell because her run in the Hareeba was excellent and its indicative of a good prep to come," Price said.
"She had a tough two-year-old year only because she had no luck in a couple of races and I persevered thinking there was a Group One win in her, which she did win.
"That values her at $1 million and I wouldn't take that back.
"We tried her to get 2000m because she's out of a Don Eduardo mare, but that didn't work so we've brought her back to being a sprinter, 1400m horse that she is.
"She's a happy mare, she's drawn a good gate to get the run of the race and I think she's a very good chance to run in the top four."
The Group One winning mare is out of Don Eduardo's unraced daughter Midnight Revels, who was purchased in-foal to Hinchinbrook by Tauranga breeder Warwick Jeffries.