The Record
To The Beach appears in the surviving Plainridge programs across 3 seasons, 2002 to 2004, with 4 starts for which the official chart records a finishing position. One of those produced a win, and the horse finished in the first three on 2 occasions altogether.
The fastest mile recorded here is 1:57.3, set on Saturday, October 9, 2004. A harness time is written in minutes, seconds and fifths, so the final digit is a fifth of a second rather than a hundredth. On a five-eighths-mile oval like Plainridge a horse turns four times in a mile, which costs ground against the bigger tracks and makes comparison against the divisional marks misleading.
The winner's line in the chart gives the breeding as BEACH TOWEL out of FIRE LAKE, herself by ALBATROSS. Harness pedigrees are quoted in that order — sire, dam, then the dam's own sire — because the maternal grandsire carries much of the weight in judging a standardbred family.
The classes To The Beach was entered in run to 2000CL, NW200PS, QUA, 3000CL, 3000CLHC, 34THEMONEY. These are condition races rather than claiming events, so eligibility rested on money already won rather than on a posted purchase price.
The drivers who sat behind To The Beach most often were Todd M Kolbe (2), Brad D Irvine (1). Driver changes matter more in harness racing than the bare numbers suggest, because the same horse can be driven for early speed or held for a late quarter depending on who holds the lines.
Every Start Held Here
| Date | Rc | Fin | PP | Time | Odds | Driver | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2004 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1:59.4 | 12.90 | Todd M Kolbe | 2000CL |
| Oct 9, 2004 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1:57.3 | 23.50 | Todd M Kolbe | 2000CL |
| May 1, 2004 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2:01.0 | 2.60 | Brad D Irvine | NW200PS |
| Apr 24, 2004 | 5 | — | 5 | — | — | Greg D Bowden | QUA |
| Nov 8, 2003 | 11 | — | AE | — | — | Gregory J Annaloro | NW200PS |
| Nov 3, 2003 | 4 | — | 7 | — | — | Gregory J Annaloro | NW200PS |
| Oct 14, 2003 | 6 | — | 2 | — | — | Gregory J Annaloro | 3000CL |
| Jul 12, 2003 | 9 | — | 7 | — | — | Gregory J Annaloro | 3000CLHC |
| Jul 5, 2003 | 1 | — | 5 | — | — | Michael E Eaton | NW200PS |
| May 20, 2002 | 11 | — | SCR | - | — | — | 34THEMONEY |
Questions about this horse
What is To The Beach's win record at Plainridge?
Yes — 1 win from 4 starts, a strike rate of 25%. Adding 0 seconds and 1 third, To The Beach finished in the first three on 2 occasions.
What was To The Beach's fastest mile?
1:57.3, on 2004-10-09. Harness times are read as minutes, seconds and fifths, so 1:57.3 is 1 minute and the rest in seconds — the final fifth is the digit after the last point.
Which drivers sat behind To The Beach?
Todd M Kolbe (2) and Brad D Irvine (1). The figure in brackets is the number of drives.
Was To The Beach a trotter or a pacer?
A pacer — every charted start is at the pace. A pacer moves its legs in lateral pairs, a trotter in diagonal pairs, and a horse is normally campaigned at one gait or the other.
What class did To The Beach race in?
2000CL, NW200PS, QUA and 3000CL, plus 2 other conditions. Each code is a set of eligibility conditions rather than a grade — the class pages explain what each one admitted.
What were the odds on To The Beach?
The shortest price in the recovered charts is 2.60 to one. Odds are the closing figures printed on the chart, so they reflect what the pool decided at the off, not a forecast.
How many times did To The Beach race at Plainridge?
The record shows 4 charted starts for To The Beach, 2002 to 2004. The name appears on 10 race days in all once entry sheets are counted, because a horse can be drawn into a race and then scratched before it is run. That is what the programmes and result sheets hold, not necessarily the horse's full career: starts made at other tracks are outside this record.