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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Amy and Zach look outside, only to see the Octoling Raids that were happening in the city, Amy and Zach sneak into Inkopolis and see the raids that were happening. The next morning, it is peaceful and quiet, Zach and Amy wake up and realize that Zoey wasn't present, she was missing. Amy tells Zoey the whole "Bully story" and the "Turf War incident", Zoey let's Zach stay at her house for the night. Amy's mother, who's name is Zoey, finds Amy and Zach, hiding in the living room. Ryan, Sam and Jessie find Amy's house and try to break in, but Amy's mother arrives just in time, the gang flee from Amy's house and into the alleyways. Amy runs down the hallway and finds Principal Lobster's office, Amy gets herself out of school by "Fake-sicking", and rushes home.Īmy heads back to her house to hide, Zach catches up with Amy, but he was badly beaten up. Ryan throws a punch at Amy, but hits Zach instead, Zach and Ryan both get into a fight while Amy sneaks out. Suddenly, the IHS Gang (Ryan, Sam and Jessica) enter the cafeteria, Ryan makes fun of Amy, which results in Amy snapping at Ryan angrily. Zach sees Amy and sits with her, they both apologize to each other, they both forgive each other and become friends. The next day, Amy comes to school, everyone is still laughing at her, she sits at a table by herself. Amy throws a fit on nation television and storms off back to her house. Time is up, Team Blue had won, everyone cheers for Team Blue, but Amy wasn't too happy with the result. The Turf War starts, Amy blasts orange ink at Team Blue, she accidently bumps into one of the blue teammates named Zach, she was embarrassed by the way that she bumped into him, everyone laughs while Team Blue splatter the rest of Team Orange. Amy meets up with her friends Izzy and Katie, they chat for a while until it was time for the Turf War to begin. Amy heads to a city called "Inkopolis" where we are shown shots of Inkopolis Plaza and Inkopolis Square. Amy makes it back to her house, along with Izzy and Katie, but Duncan and Sophie never return, they were killed by the Octolings.Ħ years later, Amy is now 14 years old and getting ready for a Turf War, she grabs her splattershot and heads out to the Turf War arena. Thankfully, Duncan and Sophie come and save Amy and her friends, but however, they both get into a scuffle with the Octolings. She and her friends find the gates to Octo Valley, her and her friends enter and start exploring Octo Valley, then out of nowhere, a gang of Octolings gang up on Amy, Izzy and Katie to bully them. It is 2016, and it is Amy's 8th birthday, everyone is partying, Amy has some cake and plays outside with her friends Izzy and Katie. |