BY GULFSTREAM PARK PRESS OFFICE

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Jockey Taylor Kingsley rode her first winner in a professional race Saturday at Gulfstream Park, scoring aboard Princetown ($32.20) in the ninth-race feature.

Kingsley brought a wealth of experience on horseback into the entry-level, $25,000 optional claiming for 3-year-olds and older at a mile, in which she guided the 4-year-old son of Speightstown to a front-running triumph, winning by two-and-a-half lengths. Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott trains the winner.

The 19-year-old 10-pound apprentice has won an amateur race in each of the past two years in Fegentri Federation amateur riding races in the U.S. and has ridden in 11 countries and winning in eight.

“I’m lost for words. I’m grateful to Bill Mott. This is huge,” the daughter of highly respected steeplechase trainer Arch Kingsley said.

Arch Kingsley was in attendance for the special occasion with family members.

“It’s been a huge opportunity. I actually can’t believe it,” she said.

Kingsley, who has been working for Mott at Payson Park Training Center during the winter and early spring, isn’t planning on continuing to ride during the Royal Palm Meet for long.

“I’m going wherever Bill Mott goes,” she said. “Wherever he sends me, I’m going.”

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