Beach to Race in Matron Stakes at Dover!!!

That McGrath's quite a kidder. "I feel badly that I didn't say anything before now, but if he'd shown the least little bit of tiredness tonight, it would have been his last race," the trainer said. "But we decided to show him off a little bit more."

I've loved everything about the way Somebeachsomewhere's career has been handled, and this latest surprise is a truly unexpected dessert. The eliminations if necessary will be a week from tonight on Monday, December 8th, with the Matron Stakes Final going to post December 15, 2008.

Congatulations on an amazing season that just keeps rolling on to Brent McGrath, Jean-Louis Arsenault, Paul Macdonnell, co-owners James Bagnell, Pamela Dean, Reg Pettipas, Garry Pye, Stuart Rath and breeder Stephanie Smith-Rothaug.