| Beach Towel |
Beach Towel had an illustrious racing career that included victories in all the top races, such as the
Little Brown Jug, Meadowlands Pace, Breeders Crown, Tattersalls Pace, Adios, Prix d'Ete and many
others, and he established 3 world records and numerous stakes and track records. The harness
racing legend Delvin Miller said "Beach Towel- he may be the best I've ever seen." After leaving the
track, his successful siring career featured the winners of over $46,000,000, including the 3-time
Breeders Crown winner and world champion Jenna's Beach Boy. But Beach Towel's most lasting
legacy may be as a broodmare sire. His daughters have already produced the winners of over
$33,000,000, including the sensational Somebeachsomewhere, who electrified the harness world
during the past two seasons and was named Horse of the Year in both the United States and Canada
for 2008.
Beach Towel was bred in Kentucky by Norman Woolworth and Alice Johnston's Stoner Creek Stud,
and was purchased as a yearling for $22,000 by then 22-year-old Seth Rosenfeld on behalf of Uptown
Stable. As a two-year-old, Beach Towel won 11 of 13 starts, and set a stakes, track or season's
record with every victory. As a three-year-old, he won 18 of 23 starts and virtually all the major stakes,
and established himself as the richest single season Standardbred of all time ($2,091,860), a record
now held by his grandson Somebeachsomewhere.
The Remmen brothers, Ray, Larry, and Gord, trained Beach Towel throughout his career, and he was
driven by Ray in every start, including the Little Brown Jug, where Ray also entered the history books
as the last person to both train and drive the winner.
After his retirement from racing, Beach Towel began his stallion career at the Meirs family's
Walnridge Farm, in Cream Ridge, New Jersey, after Walnridge bought an interest in the stallion in a
deal arranged by David Meirs III and Seth Rosenfeld. In 1998 David James of James Equine purchased
an interest in the stallion and oversaw his down-under breeding career on behalf of Uptown Stable
and the Meirs Family, a breeding career that was highlighted by the top filly Copper Beach and several
other stakes winners.
In 2005, Beach Towel was inducted into the Harness Racing Living Horse Hall of Fame. During the
induction ceremony, owner Seth Rosenfeld said that Beach Towel's careers in both racing and
breeding were marked by harmonious long-lasting relationships between all the people involved-
owners, breeders, trainers, driver, caretakers, the farms where he stood, the members of the media
and others in the harness racing community. Beach Towel was a beloved member of the racing
world, and he will be long remembered, particularly because his grace, power and heart are still with
us today, in Somebeahsomehwere, and other descendants.
Little Brown Jug, Meadowlands Pace, Breeders Crown, Tattersalls Pace, Adios, Prix d'Ete and many
others, and he established 3 world records and numerous stakes and track records. The harness
racing legend Delvin Miller said "Beach Towel- he may be the best I've ever seen." After leaving the
track, his successful siring career featured the winners of over $46,000,000, including the 3-time
Breeders Crown winner and world champion Jenna's Beach Boy. But Beach Towel's most lasting
legacy may be as a broodmare sire. His daughters have already produced the winners of over
$33,000,000, including the sensational Somebeachsomewhere, who electrified the harness world
during the past two seasons and was named Horse of the Year in both the United States and Canada
for 2008.
Beach Towel was bred in Kentucky by Norman Woolworth and Alice Johnston's Stoner Creek Stud,
and was purchased as a yearling for $22,000 by then 22-year-old Seth Rosenfeld on behalf of Uptown
Stable. As a two-year-old, Beach Towel won 11 of 13 starts, and set a stakes, track or season's
record with every victory. As a three-year-old, he won 18 of 23 starts and virtually all the major stakes,
and established himself as the richest single season Standardbred of all time ($2,091,860), a record
now held by his grandson Somebeachsomewhere.
The Remmen brothers, Ray, Larry, and Gord, trained Beach Towel throughout his career, and he was
driven by Ray in every start, including the Little Brown Jug, where Ray also entered the history books
as the last person to both train and drive the winner.
After his retirement from racing, Beach Towel began his stallion career at the Meirs family's
Walnridge Farm, in Cream Ridge, New Jersey, after Walnridge bought an interest in the stallion in a
deal arranged by David Meirs III and Seth Rosenfeld. In 1998 David James of James Equine purchased
an interest in the stallion and oversaw his down-under breeding career on behalf of Uptown Stable
and the Meirs Family, a breeding career that was highlighted by the top filly Copper Beach and several
other stakes winners.
In 2005, Beach Towel was inducted into the Harness Racing Living Horse Hall of Fame. During the
induction ceremony, owner Seth Rosenfeld said that Beach Towel's careers in both racing and
breeding were marked by harmonious long-lasting relationships between all the people involved-
owners, breeders, trainers, driver, caretakers, the farms where he stood, the members of the media
and others in the harness racing community. Beach Towel was a beloved member of the racing
world, and he will be long remembered, particularly because his grace, power and heart are still with
us today, in Somebeahsomehwere, and other descendants.
Remembering Harness Horse of the Year, Beach Towel
The legendary Beach Towel, the 1990
Harness Horse of the Year, and the
broodmare sire of 2008 Harness
Horse of the Year
Somebeachsomewhere, died
Saturday March 22, 2009 following a
severe attack of colic. The news was
reported by Dr. Andrew Grierson of
Woodlands Stud in New Zealand,
where Beach Towel had stood for
several years, and had been in
retirement since 2007. Dr. Grierson
said that the 22 year-old stallion had
been in excellent condition prior to
the onset of colic.
Harness Horse of the Year, and the
broodmare sire of 2008 Harness
Horse of the Year
Somebeachsomewhere, died
Saturday March 22, 2009 following a
severe attack of colic. The news was
reported by Dr. Andrew Grierson of
Woodlands Stud in New Zealand,
where Beach Towel had stood for
several years, and had been in
retirement since 2007. Dr. Grierson
said that the 22 year-old stallion had
been in excellent condition prior to
the onset of colic.
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