Somebeachsomewhere

Somebeachsomewhere (foaled 25 May 2005) is a champion standardbred racehorse. He was sired by Mach Three, out of Wheres The Beach, a Beach Towel mare. The colt was purchased as a yearling for $40 000, and is currently owned by Schooner Stables of Truro, Nova Scotia.

2 Year Old Campaign

He began his racing career in the Battle of Waterloo at Grand River Raceway, where he went off as a second favorite in the eliminations, and won by a comfortable margin of three lengths. In the $300 000 final of the event, bettors took notice and he won the race as a 4-5 post time favorite.

After proving the colt's ability on the small track, he moved onto the Metro Pace Eliminations at Mohawk Racetrack. Somebeachsomewhere was drawn into the same elimination as Dali, the fastest two-year-old colt of the year, up to that point. Somebeachsomewhere was able to hold off race favorite, Dali, and won the race by 3 1/2 lengths in 1:52.1. The next week was the $1 million final of the event, which Somebeachsomewhere won as the race favorite, in a world record 1:49.3.

To finish off his two-year-old campaign, Somebeachsomewhere raced in a pair of stakes races at Mohawk, the Champlain Stakes, and the Nasagaweya Stakes, which he won by comfortable margins.

Somebeachsomewhere earned $812 592 in his freshman year, with a perfect record of six wins in six starts.

3 Year Old Campaign

Somebeachsomewhere qualified on 5 May 2008 and put in an eye-opening mile of 1:51.1 at Mohawk. He was scheduled to make his first start of the season in the first Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Elimination on 17 May. However, an injury result in him being scratched from the race. Two weeks later, when he made his 2008 debut, there was some skepticism about his well-being. He rid any doubts by winning his division of the Burlington Stakes over Santanna Blue Chip.

Following the Burlington, Somebeachsomewhere began preparing for the $1.5 million North America Cup, Canada's richest harness race. MacGrath was advised not to train the horse in the week leading up to his elimination, yet he won handily in 1:49.0. Over the next week, trainers and drivers of other horses in the final stated that it was simply a race for second place. Somebeachsomewhere went off as a 2-5 favorite, and won the race by 2 3/4 lengths in 1:49.0.

Up next for the star of the sport was the $1 million Meadowlands Pace. Beach drew in to, arguably, the toughest elimination on 12 July, and faced the likes of Badlands Nitro and Art Official. He went off at the 1-5 favorite, and pulled away in the stretch to win the elimination by 4 1/2 lengths in a career best 1:48.3. Beach had his first taste of defeat the following week when Art Official caught him in the stretch, and beat him by a head, in a world record time of 1:47.0. The race offered incredible fractions of 26.0, 51.4, 1:19.1, and 1:47.0.

Beach raced in a pair of races at Mohawk on 3 August and 10 August, and won both races comfortably, as expected.

He then travelled to Flamboro Downs to compete in the Confederation Cup. This would mark Beach's first competitive start on a half mile track, and would also be the first time the champion would race in heats. In his heat, he scored the anticipated win in 1:51.3. Beach drew post two for the final, which definitely delighted the connections and the fans. Beach took the early lead and never looked back, going through fractions of 26.1, 55.2, 1:22.4, and 1:49.2, becoming the first three-year-old horse to ever race in under 1:50 on a half mile track.

Brent MacGrath had stated that he wanted to "prep this horse for a world record in Kentucky", and added that Beach will likely not attempt a time trial at The Red Mile, as once believed. On 27 September 2008, Beach tied the all age world record of 1:46.4 at The Red Mile in the Bluegrass.

As of 4 October 2008, Somebeachsomewhere has a record of 17-1-0 in 18 career starts, and has amassed $2 603 755 in career earnings, with a mark of 1:46.4.

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External links

* [http://somebeachsomewhere.ca Somebeachsomewhere]