![]() For its last 20 years, Longacres’ announcer was Gary Henson. “I told him, ‘I want to be a jockey too,’ and he looked and me, and he looked at my dad, and he said, ‘Good luck, kid.’”īeem soon started toying with announcing. “I got Gary’s autograph, and I was looking him in the eye at age eight,” Beem said. Beem had a jockey teddy bear he named Gary Bearlanger. Gary Boulanger, three-time leading rider at Longacres, was Beem’s favorite jockey. “Today, I am 6’4” and very much not skinny.”īeem at Longacres circa 1984. My dad was 6’2”, so he kept telling me, ‘No, you’re going to be too big,’ and I was like ‘No, I want to be a jockey,” Beem said. His father held him on his shoulders as Snipledo won the Longacres Mile, the track’s signature race, and taught him how to read the Racing Form, make bets and read the odds. He has fond memories of frequenting Longacres, a track in the area that ran from 1933 to 1992, with his father and witnessing some of Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens’ early successes. Previously, Beem was the announcer at Portland Meadows, River Downs (now Belterra Park) and Louisiana Downs.īeem was born in the suburbs of Seattle on the day Mount St. In the past twelve months, Beem filled in as race caller at Monmouth Park and Gulfstream Park West in addition to hosting BetAmerica Radio Network’s podcast five days a week. He will also contribute to race analysis, handicapping and social media. ![]() 8 after a five-year hiatus, announcer Jason Beem will welcome back race fans as the voice of the track.
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