Somebeachsomewhere
| Somebeachsomewhere | |
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| Breed | Standardbred |
| Sire | Mach Three |
| Grandsire | Matt's Scooter |
| Dam | Wheres the Beach |
| Damsire | Beach Towel |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 25 May 2005 |
| Country | Canada |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | S Smith-Rothaug |
| Owner | Schooner Stables |
| Trainer | Brent MacGrath |
| Record | 21:20-1-0 |
| Earnings | $3,322,199 |
| Major wins | |
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Metro Pace (2007) North America Cup (2008) Confederation Cup Pace (2008) Messenger Stakes (2008) Breeders Crown (2008) |
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| Awards | |
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Canadian Harness Horse of the Year (2007, 2008) United States Harness Horse of the Year (2008) |
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| Honours | |
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Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (2009) United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame (2015) |
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Somebeachsomewhere (foaled 25 May 2005) is a Standardbred who set the world record for a mile with a time of 1:46.4 and earned $3,221,299. In 2008, he had the highest earnings by a pacer in a single season of $2,448,003.
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.
He began his racing career in 2007 in the Battle of Waterloo at Grand River Raceway, where he went off as a second favorite in the eliminations and won by three lengths. In the $300,000 final of the event, he won as a 4-5 post time favorite.
After proving his 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 held off race favorite Dali and won 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 his two-year-old campaign, he won a pair of stakes races at Mohawk: the Champlain Stakes and the Nasagaweya Stakes.
Somebeachsomewhere earned $773,296 in his freshman year, with a record of six wins in six starts.
Somebeachsomewhere qualified on 5 May 2008 and put in a 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 resulted in him being scratched from the race. Two weeks later, when he made his 2008 debut, there was some skepticism about his well-being, but he won his division of the Burlington Stakes over Cb flight. .
Following the Burlington, Somebeachsomewhere began preparing for the $1.5 million North America Cup, Canada's richest harness race. Trainer Brent 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 by 2 3⁄4 lengths in 1:49.0.
Up next was the $1 million Meadowlands Pace. Somebeachsomewhere 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. The following week, he suffered his first loss when he was beaten a head by Art Official in a world record time of 1:47.0. The race fractions were 26.0, 51.4, 1:19.1, and 1:47.0.
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