🎄💚 BREAKING NEWS: The Grinch has taken over the announcer’s booth… Spotted at the track: 🎙️ One Jason Beem 😏 Zero holiday spirit (allegedly) 🎄 100% commitment to the role Don’t worry — the races are still running, even if Christmas almost didn’t. Watch closely… we think his heart grows three sizes by post time. 😉 #GrinchAtTheTrack #JasonBeem #HolidayAtTheRaces #TrackTraditions #HolidayFun #BehindTheMic | Tampa Bay Downs, Inc.

117K views · 4.9K reactions | Sonny Leon, the rider on 2022 Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike, is ready for his first-ever mount at Tampa Bay Downs on Fulton Street in the third race. He gets last-minute instructions here from assistant trainer Marlon Fernandez before heading to the track. | Tampa Bay Downs, Inc. | Facebook

8.3K views · 238 reactions | Jockey Ashley Castrenze, 19, is ebullient after her first-ever ride results in victory in the fourth race on 3-year-old filly Sister Pat, bred and owned by John M. Baker and trained by Tom Proctor. | Tampa Bay Downs, Inc. | Facebook

9.9K views · 236 reactions | Jockey Pablo Morales enters the winner’s circle for the first time since Nov. 25 after winning the fifth race on the turf on 5-year-old gelding Nantasket Beach, owned and trained by Kelly Breen. Morales, who returned to action Friday, was sidelined 11 weeks after breaking his left wrist in a training accident. | Tampa Bay Downs, Inc. | Facebook

4.4K views · 136 reactions | No. 4 Hopesndreams and jockey Jesus Castanon enter the winner’s circle after the seventh race while owner-trainer Mike Dini directs traffic. Hopesndreams is a 3-year-old Florida-bred filly. | Tampa Bay Downs, Inc. | Facebook