Beach Towel (April 26, 1987 – March 21, 2009) was a Standardbred pacer who was named the 1990 American Harness Horse of the Year.
As a yearling, Beach Towel was bought for $22,000 by Seth Rosenfeld, the 24-year-old managing partner of the New York City-based Uptown Stables.
[2] On September 9, he lost to Jake And Elwood (who had won the Cane Pace) in the Messenger Stakes at Rosecroft Raceway.
[3] In November, the colt contested the three-year-old pacer division of the Breeders Crown at the five-eighths of a mile track at Pompano Beach.
He won by three lengths from In The Pocket in a time of 1:51.2, becoming the first harness racer to win more than $2 million in a single year.